Desiring
to keep pride and wealth in the family business, Mr. Imai wants his daughter
Kyoko to marry respectable Akio Shima. But Kyoko has other ideas. She
prefers the naughty types and is secretly in love with tough boy Soichi
and is pregnant by him. Eventually, dad discovers that his daughter in
in the family way which leads to a huge fight. Kyoko's sister Minako and
mother are listening to the hateful words. After the argument, Mr. Imai
gulps a glass of whisky. And dies. Upon learning that the whisky was poisoned,
the police arrest Kyoko for his murder. She is found guilty and sent to
Death Row. Kyoko knows she was set up but has no idea who did it. As she
spins into mania, Kyoko starts making plans...
Nobuo
Nakagawa was generally consider the Master of the Japanese thrillers,
often called the 'Nippon Hitchcock.' His films - including this one -
were enormously successful because they appealed to both the high and
lowbrow audiences. Nakagawa was never reluctant to use buckets of blood
nor gratuitous sexual situations, but his films could also be appreciated
as two dimensional psychological thrillers. He is best known for NEW
GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA, SNAKE
WOMAN'S CURSE, LADY
VAMPIRE, GHOST
CAT MANSION, THE
GHOST STORY OF KASANE SWAMP and his controversial masterpiece
HELL.
After helming 100 films, Mr Nakagawa died from a stroke in 1984 at age
79.
A Japanese
film with English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9), Spanish version
(80 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include trailers.
Violence/Sexual
Themes/Sexual Brutality
for Mature Audiences
