Japan / France,
1978, 110 min
Directed by:
Nagisa ŌshimaScreenplay:
Nagisa ŌshimaCinematography:
Yoshio MiyajimaComposer:
Tôru TakemitsuPlots(1)
Set in a Japanese village at the end of the nineteenth century, the film details the downfall of a married woman and her lover after they murder her husband and dump his body in a well. With eroticism and horror, Oshima plunges the viewer into a nightmarish tale of guilt and retribution. (MUBI)