Directed by:
Noboru NakamuraPlots(1)
A young woman from the countryside (Miyuki Kuwano of Oshima’s Cruel Story of Youth) falls in love with a handsome hoodlum (Mikijiro Hira), who pushes her into a life of prostitution. When his sleazy superiors catch sight of her, she finds herself trapped inside the gaudy maze of city nightlife. Directed by Noboru Nakamura, a veteran of the Shochiku studio’s signature Golden Age family dramas, The Shape of Night was made as a reaction to the radical film styles of the Japanese New Wave. With its lush cinematography full of saturated colours, a lyrical tone and its story of love leading to inescapable tragedy, it has been compared to the films of Douglas Sirk, while also acting as a precursor to the work of Wong Kar-wai. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
Miyuki Kuwano
Japan
Best movies:
Red Beard (1965)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Bunta Sugawara
Japan
Best movies:
Spirited Away (2001)
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Wolf Children (2012)
Isao Kimura
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
High and Low (1963)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
平幹二朗
Japan
Best movies:
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Sword of the Beast (1965)
The Christian Lord (1962)
Keisuke Sonoi
Japan
Best movies:
The X from Outer Space (1967)
富永美沙子
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Samurai Wolf (1966)
Gate of Flesh (1964)
Shinji Tanaka
Best movies:
The Naked Island (1960)
A Flame at the Pier (1962)