Movie Information
Overall Rank: 1254
Average Rating: 3.2/4
# of Ratings: 9
Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/1998
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shohei Imamura
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tsuneta, Sho Aikawa
Plot: After finding out his wife is having an affair while he is working,
Yamashita strikes out - murdering her in a crime of passion. Eight years
later, he is out of prison and moves to a village to begin again. Working
as a barber (a trade he picked up in prison) he leaves everyone alone -
until a young woman comes into is life - one that reminds him very much of
his dead wife. -- Chris Kavan
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