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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Junko Miyashita
Yumi Nakazawa / Yoko
Takao Nagai
Jun Tohno
Keiko Tsuzuki
Rie
Tessen Nakahira
Takei
Toshizō Kudō
Taki
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Kuroki
Kenji Shimamura
Namikawa
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Saburo Endo
- Writers
- Keiji Kubota
- 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
Saburo Endo directs. Yoshihiro Yamazaki behind the camera. Noboru Seta scores. Masanori Tsujii cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 254 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Saburo Endo, shot by Yoshihiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Noboru Seta. 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.
- 7Junko Miyashita and Takao Nagai and Keiko Tsuzuki carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt0287505 — 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
- Noboru Seta
- Editing
- Masanori Tsujii
- Runtime
- 68 min · 1h 8m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
- IMDB
- Mistress (1972)
Also by
Saburo Endo
Production companies
Who made it
Nikkatsu Corporation
JP
Key crew
- Assistant DirectorNobuaki Shirai
- EditorMasanori Tsujii
- ProducerAkira Matsuoka
- Art DirectionIzuo Tsuchiya
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- softcore
- pink film
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1972-08-26
Also known as
International titles
- JôfuJP
- MistressUS
