Heat Shimmer Theater

The inner workings of the human psyche are featured in this study of relationships between different leading characters. The action weaves around playwright Matsuzaki (Yusaku Matsuda) - who is sleeping with Shinako (Michio Okusu), a married woman - and his other "lover", Ine (Eriko Kasuda), a fairly corporeal spirit. The film is set in 1926, when cinema was silent - and that era is evoked in Kagero-za. (Arrow Films)