
Sound of the Mountain(1954)
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.


The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.

Masumi Harukawa
Sadako Takahashi

Kō Nishimura
Koichi Takahashi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Hiraoko

Yūko Kusunoki
Yoshiko Masuda
Ranko Akagi
Tadae Takahashi
Bumon Kahara
Pawnshop's Husband

Yoshi Katō
Seizo Takahashi

Tanie Kitabayashi
Kinu Takahashi

Fumie Kitahara
Hisako Karihara

Kazuo Kitamura
Seiichiro Takahashi
Intentions of Murder is a drama film released in 1964 exploring themes of adultery, japanese new wave. Directed by Shōhei Imamura, it stars Masumi Harukawa, Kō Nishimura, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi. The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
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