The Woman With Red Hair
- Sunday, May 28, 20:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum
(Tickets only available at the Deutsches Filmmuseum) - 赫い髪の女
Akai kami no onna - Japan 1979, 35mm, 73 min, Japanese with English subtitles
- Director: Tatsumi KUMASHIRO
- Script: Haruhiko ARAI based on a novel by Kenji NAKAGAMI
- Camera: Yonezo MAEDA
- Cast: Junko MIYASHITA, Renji ISHIBASHI, Ako, Kai ATO, Noboru MITANI
- Production & world sales: Nikkatsu
- Film copy: Japan Foundation
- With an introduction by Dimitri Ianni
Construction workers Kozo and Takao rape their boss’s daughter. While she gets pregnant and asks Takao to marry her, Kozo starts an affair with a mysterious red-haired woman, spending days of desperate sex in his shabby flat. Often regarded as KUMASHIRO’s best work, this bleak drama garnered many awards.