True Story of a Woman in Soapland: Tear!

Feb 28, 1987

1h 4m

★ 3.7

Overview

Sex worker Hasekura (Shinobu Wakana) is visited by old classmate and current lanky art teacher Kikuta (Kazuo Ôtani) when his wife ditches him over his constant philandering. Soon he's juggling his new fondness for soapy sex with his mistress and his now-pregnant wife, a situation that becomes more complicated by the minute as marital obligations and unrestrained kinks collide.

Genres

Romance

Production Companies

Film Kids

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

Keiko Shikura

Shinobu Wakana

Kazumi Kojima

Miki Higuchi

Mizue Kikuta

Midori Yūzaki

Shigeru Kikuta

Kazuo Ôtani

Masayoshi Takigawa

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True Story of a Woman in Soapland: Tear!

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