A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
Direction
Imamura's final film — unhinged, tender, totally himself.
Acting
Shimizu's luminous, fearless performance anchors the madness.
Cinematography
The red bridge itself: a character, a metaphor, a mood.
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Koji Yakusho
Yosuke Sasano
Misa Shimizu
Saeko Aizawa
Mitsuko Baisho
Mitsu Aizawa
Mansaku Fuwa
Gen
Isao Natsuyagi
Masayuki Uomi
Yukiya Kitamura
Shintaro Uomi
Hijiri Kojima
Mika Tagami
Toshie Negishi
Tomoko Sasano
Mickey Curtis
Nobuyuki Ohnishi
Kazuo Kitamura
Taro
Guadalcanal Taka
Taizo Tachibana
Takao Yamada
Kazuo Namamura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Imamura spent his career documenting Japan's marginalized—here, he gives mythic dignity to female pleasure itself.
The 'water' effects were practical, not CGI—Imamura insisted on the real thing, naturally.
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