Dark Room

Sep 17, 1983

2h 2m

★ 5.0

Overview

A writer haunted by the death of his wife and threatened by the imagined infidelities of his lovers uses his affairs for the subjects of his novels.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Dark Room Trailers

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Cast

Nakata - Author(中田)

Kōji Shimizu

Natsue(夏枝)

Rie Kimura

Takako(多加子)

Mayumi Miura

Maki(マキ)

Yoshimi Ashikawa

Keiko - Author's Wife(圭子)

Yuki Kazamatsuri

Takei(竹井)

Eimei Esumi

Yumiko(由美子)

Sachiko Take

Tae(タエ)

Usagi Asō

The Woman in Home drama(ホームドラマの女)

Kazuyo Ezaki

Ryôko(良子)

Kaori Okamoto

Bartender(バーテン)

Toshiyuki Kitami

Takako's groom(多加子の新郎)

Shinji Sekikawa

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