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Zero Focus (ゼロの焦点, Zero no shōten) 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
Zero Focus at IMDb
Zero Focus at Rotten Tomatoes
Zero Focus at AllMovie
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Zero Dark Thirty
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- Tae Kimura
- Tetta Sugimoto
- Yoshi Katō
- Sadako Sawamura
- Semenanjung Noto
- Joko Widodo
- Hiposentrum
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Zero Focus
- Hypocenter
- Shutter lag
- Zero Focus (2009 film)
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- Ford Focus
- Tae Kimura
- Miki Nakatani
- Ryōko Hirosue
- Re:Zero
