Heat Shimmer Theater

Kagerô-za, Heat Shimmer Theater, feature film, 1981.

DIRECTED BY: Seijun Suzuki

Heat Shimmer Theater

CAST:
Yûsaku Matsuda (Shungo Matsuzaki),
Michiyo Ohkusu (Shinako),
Mariko Kaga (Mio),
Katsuo Nakamura (Tamawaki),
Yoshio Harada (Wada)

SCRIPT:
Yôzô Tanaka (prema romanu Kyoke Izumija)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Kazue Nagatsuka

Synopsis:
This is the second part of Suzuki’s Taisho trilogy (Tsigoineruwaizen, 1980 and Yumeji, 1991) set in 1920’s Tokyo. Shungo Matsuzaki is obsessed with a woman he does not even know. He encounters her in town occasionally and develops a great interest in the beautiful and mysterious woman. Even though his friend tells him the meetings are just lucky coincidences, he feels that there must be something more to it.

35 mm, color, 139 min

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