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Acclaimed Japanese New Wave director Yasuzo Masumura takes on the intricacies of love in his acclaimed film MANJI. When a dissatisfied, bored wife meets a mysterious, sexy woman in an art class, the two embark on a passionate affair. Soon, the unhappy wife's husband and her new girlfriend's impotent lover become involved in .. Read more

Starring	Ayako Wakao, Kyoko Kishida, Yusuke Kawazu, Eiji Funakoshi
Director	Yasuzo Masumura, Yasuko Masumura
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Because it's adapted from an unimpeachable literary source (Junichiro Tanizaki's novel) and has a magnificent cast,... read more on Time Out
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  An indifferent and strangely dated film. Allowing for my limited experience of Japanese culture and romanticism - to which I do have some access - I still ... read more »
  
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  Middle of the road.
  
  A rather middle of the road movie for Masumura that never quite reaches the highs of his other movies Red Angel and Blind Beast.
  
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  An indifferent and strangely dated film. Allowing for my limited experience of Japanese culture and romanticism - to which I do have some access - I still ... read more »
  
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  an interesting slice of japanese culutre and how women are exploited
  
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  An indifferent and strangely dated film. Allowing for my limited experience of Japanese culture and romanticism - to which I do have some access - I still ... read more »
  
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  Middle of the road.
  
  A rather middle of the road movie for Masumura that never quite reaches the highs of his other movies Red Angel and Blind Beast.
  
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