Manji (film)
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卍 is the title of several Japan
ese films based on the Japanese novel Quicksand
written by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki in 1928.
The theme is homosexuality
between women. It was filmed in 1964, 1983, 1998 and 2006 in Japan.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese films based on the Japanese novel Quicksand
Quicksand (novel)
is a novel by the Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was written in serial format between 1928 and 1930 for the magazine Kaizō. The last of Tanizaki's major novels translated into English, it concerns a four-way bisexual love affair between upper-crust Osakans.-Title:The Japanese title, Manji,...
written by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki in 1928.
The theme is homosexuality
Homosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
between women. It was filmed in 1964, 1983, 1998 and 2006 in Japan.
Story
One day, Sonoko, a married woman having a husband, meets young, beautiful Mitsuko. Puzzled Sonoko is charmed by the beauty of Mitsuko, and two people fall into relations between women at the start.Cast & Staff
- Ayako WakaoAyako Wakaois a Japanese actress. Contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group, she often appeared in the films of director Yasuzo Masumura...
as Mitsuko Tokumitsu - Kyōko KishidaKyoko Kishidawas a Japanese actress, voice actress, and writer of children's books.Her father was Kunio Kishida, a playwright and the founder of the Bungaku-za. She became an actress in 1950, and starred in a Yukio Mishima production of the 1960 film Salome. Her film and television drama credits number in the...
as Sonoko Kakiuchi - Eiji FunakoshiEiji Funakoshiwas a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in Fires on the Plain.-Biography:...
as Kotaro Kakiuchi - director:Yasuzo MasumuraYasuzo Masumurawas a Japanese film director.Masumura was born in Kōfu on Honshū. After dropping out of a law course at the University of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei studio, later returning to university to study philosophy; he graduated in 1949...
- witer:Kaneto ShindōKaneto Shindo, Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His best known films include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.Shindō has often made films dealing with Hiroshima or the atomic bomb...
Cast & Staff
- Kanako HiguchiKanako Higuchiis a Japanese actress. Her credits include film, television, and radio dramas, stage, commercials, and voice roles. She married Shigesato Itoi in 1993 and has a dog named Bouillon....
as Mitsuko Sido - Haruna Takase as Sonoko Kakiuchi
- Yoshio HaradaYoshio Haradawas a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.-Career:Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyūza theater troupe in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen" and his film debut in 1968 with Fukushū no uta ga kikoeru. He came to fame...
- director:Hiroto Yokoyama
Cast & Staff
- Kaori SakagamiKaori SakagamiKaori Sakagami is a Japanese singer and AV Star who is noted for singing Platonic Tsuranuite, the first ending of Ranma 1/2. Also in Kiteretsu Daihyakka, she sang Race no Cardigan for the ending theme in the first season...
as Sonoko - Tomoko Mayumi as Mitsuko
- Sei HiraizumiSei Hiraizumiis a Japanese actor.Hiraizumi starred as Koichi Matsudo in L: Change the WorLd. and he also starred in Osaka Tough Guys.-External links:* http://info.movies.yahoo.co.jp/detail/typs/id119631/...
- Director:Mitsunori Hattori
Cast & Staff
- FujikoFujiko (actress), real name or , born 5 March 1980, is Japanese actress and model.- Selected filmography :* MPD Psycho * Visitor Q * Strange Circus * Manji * Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari - External links :*...
as Mitsuko - Cosmosco as Sonoko
- Director&Writer:Noboru IguchiNoboru Iguchiis a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor. He has worked as a director in adult video as well as in the horror and gore genres.-Life and career:Iguchi was born on June 28, 1969...
External links
- 卍 (Manji) 1964 at the IMDb
- 卍 (Manji) 1964 at the allmovie
- 卍 (Manji) 1983 at the IMDb
- 卍 (Manji) 2006 at the IMDb
- 2006 Official Site