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Zero Focus

Zero Focus

19616.31h 35m

Overview

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.

Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
Written by Yoshitarō Nomura, Seicho Matsumoto, Shinobu Hashimoto
Produced by Ichinosuke Hozumi
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Top Cast

Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

Teiko Uhara

Hizuru Takachiho

Hizuru Takachiho

Sachiko Murota / Emmy

Ineko Arima

Ineko Arima

Hisako Tanuma

Kōji Nanbara

Kōji Nanbara

Kenichi Uhara

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Sotaro Uhara

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Mrs. Sotaro Uhara

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Mr. Murota

Mutsuko Sakura

Mutsuko Sakura

Takanobu Hozumi

Takanobu Hozumi

Mr. Honda

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

Saeki

About Zero Focus

Zero Focus is a drama, crime, mystery film released in 1961. Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, it stars Yoshiko Kuga, Hizuru Takachiho, Ineko Arima. One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.

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