A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 28, 1979
Original Title:
もっとしなやかにもっとしたたかに
Alternate Titles:
Motto shinayaka ni, motto shitataka ni
So Soft, So Cunning
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 98
Yuichi prides himself on the fact that he is a family man but contrary to his conception of an ideal family life, at age 24, his wife has already run out on him. In utter confusion, he tries to reason out where he had gone amiss that such a thing should happen out of the clear blue sky. About this time, Yuichi helps Ayako, a young girl, embroiled in trouble. She returns Yuichi's kindness by making off with his precious camera. Then she returns and since his wife has washed her hands of him, he forces himself on Ayako who acts as if she had been waiting for him to enter her. Suddenly, Yuichi's wife returns...
Art Direction:
Hiroshi Tokuda
Assistant Director:
Yasuaki Uegaki
Kichitaro Negishi
Director:
Toshiya Fujita
Director of Photography:
Yonezō Maeda
Editor:
Osamu Inoue
Lighting Director:
Haruo Kawashima
Original Music Composer:
Kôhei Shinozaki
Producer:
Akira Miura
Screenplay:
Tatsuo Kobayashi
Sound Recordist:
Fumio Hashimoto
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