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A Wicked Woman

NAKAGAWA Nobuo

Japan1958 74min HD BW Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss. After the deaths of her second husband and daughter, Den moves to Yokohama. There she runs a casino for the vice boss. Her remorseful first husband and the disgraced policeman follow her... 

Diretor

NAKAGAWA Nobuo

Borin in 1905, Kyoto, he was a child who had a lot of interest in literature. Since 1929, he started working as an assistant director and a writer. He made his debut as a director in 1934, and directed total 97 movies including Ghost Story of Yotsuya, Jigoku, The Mansion of the Ghost Cat, and Lady Vampire. His films are famous for various, brutal and supernatural ghost stories that was really popular with people who just experienced war and looked for unrealistic fantasy films.