All Mixed Up
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- Movie: All Mixed Up
- Romaji: Manji
- Japanese: 卍（まんじ）
- Director: Yasuzo Masumura
- Writer: Kaneto Shindo, Junichiro Tanizaki (novel)
- Producer: Yonejiro Saito
- Cinematographer: Setsuo Kobayashi
- Release Date: July 25, 1964
- Runtime: 91 min
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
A dutiful, unhappy lawyer's wife falls in love with a young, mysterious woman she encounters at an art class. Soon their affair involves her husband and the young woman's impotent lover and together the four slowly descend into a web of desire, deceit, blackmail, blood oaths and suicide pacts.
Notes
- Based on the 1928 novel by Junichiro Tanizaki.
- Movie's title "Manji" refers to the Swastika, which in Japanese translates to manji (literally, "the character for eternality" 萬字), and represents Dharma, universal harmony, and the balance of opposites. When facing left, it is the omote (front) manji, representing love and mercy. Facing right, it represents strength and intelligence, and is called the ura (rear) manji.
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Cast
- Ayako Wakao - Mitsuko Tokumitsu
- Kyoko Kishida - Sonoko Kakiuchi
- Yusuke Kawazu - Eijiro Watanuki
- Eiji Funakoshi - Kotaro Kakiuchi
- Ken Mitsuda - Novelist
- Kyu Sazanka - Principal
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