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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Yūko Katagiri
Yuko
Naomi Oka
Mineko Sugimori
Akiko Yoshii
Yuri
Keiko Aikawa
Kimiko
Morio Kazama
Ueno
Ai Urakawa
Ginko
Mamoru Tsuyuki
Kôichirô Sugimori
Kunio Shimizu
Nobuo Yasuda
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Shōgorō Nishimura
- Writers
- Akio Ido
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Shōgorō Nishimura directs. Yoshihiro Yamazaki behind the camera. Naozumi Yamamoto scores. Masanori Tsujii cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 253 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Shōgorō Nishimura, shot by Yoshihiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Naozumi Yamamoto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Masanori Tsujii shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Yūko Katagiri and Naomi Oka and Akiko Yoshii carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt0285851 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Yoshihiro Yamazaki
- Original score
- Naozumi Yamamoto
- Editing
- Masanori Tsujii
- Runtime
- 69 min · 1h 9m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Shōgorō Nishimura
Production companies
Who made it
Nikkatsu Corporation
JP
Key crew
- Assistant DirectorKazuhiko Hasegawa
- Lighting DirectorHideyuki Kobayashi
- Sound RecordistFumio Hashimoto
- Art DirectionHeihachiro Watanabe
- EditorMasanori Tsujii
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- softcore
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1973-04-25
Also known as
International titles
- Osanazuma no kokuhaku: tosuiJP
- Confessions of an Adolescent Wife: ClimaxUS
- おさな妻の告白 陶酔 クライマックスJP
