Zero Focus

is a 1961 Japanese crime drama film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, and co-written by Shinobu Hashimoto and Yoji Yamada. It is based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto. A remake of the film was released in 2009¹.

is a 1961 Japanese crime drama film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, and co-written by Shinobu Hashimoto and Yoji Yamada. It is based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto. A remake of the film was released in 2009. ==Plot== One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, ad agency manager Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip to Kanazawa and doesn't return. With a pair of old photographs she found among his belongings, Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, first with the help of her husband's employer, later on her own. After a series of mysterious deaths, including a reception girl of the agency's Kanazawa branch, who turns out to be Kenichi's common law wife, and Kenichi's alleged suicide, all clues lead to Sachiko Murota, wife of a wealthy business partner of her husband. Teiko confronts Mrs. Murota and blames her for murdering Kenichi and everyone who knew of her past as a prostitute in the post-war era. Yet, as Mrs. Murota's confession reveals, the truth is even more complex than that. ==Cast== Yoshiko Kuga as Teiko Uhara Hizuru Takachiho as Sachiko Murota / Emmy Ineko Arima as Hisako Tanuma / Sally Koji Nambara as Kenichi Uhara / Masuzaburo Sone Kō Nishimura as Sōtarō Uhara Yoshi Katō as Gisaku Murota Sadako Sawamura as Sōtarō's wife Takanobu Hozumi as Mr. Honda ==Awards== 1961 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress (Hizuru Takachiho) ==Legacy== Seicho Matsumoto's novel was again adapted in 2009 by Isshin Inudō with Ryōko Hirosue as Teiko Uhara. ==References== ==External links==

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