A dead criminal, a living hairdresser, and a fortune in missing cash—guess who holds the scissors?
A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year later, a real estate company president dies a suspicious death in front of Masako at her beauty salon. Was it an accidents or murder?
Acting
Midori Satsuki's ice-cold stare could freeze gin.
Cinematography
Gritty 80s Tokyo that reeks of cigarette smoke.
Director
Shunichi Kajima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Japan's 1980s 'pink film' wave, where erotic thrillers funded experimental directors who'd later go mainstream.
Director Shunichi Kajima made this between roman porno assignments for Nikkatsu; the beauty salon setting was shot in an actual closed shop over one weekend.
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