The Woman with Red Hair

The Woman with Red Hair (赫い髪の女, Akai kami no onna) (1979) is a Japanese film directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro and written by Haruhiko Arai. It was produced by Nikkatsu during their Roman Porno period.

The Woman with Red Hair
Directed by	Tatsumi Kumashiro
Written by	Haruhiko Arai Kenji Nakagami (original novel)
Produced by	Akira Miura
Starring	Junko Miyashita Renji Ishibashi
Cinematography	Yonezo Maeda
Edited by	Akira Suzuki
Music by	Yuukadan
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	February 17, 1979 (1979-02-17) (Japan)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Junko Miyashita as Woman with red hair
• Renji Ishibashi as Kozo
• Ako as Kazuko
• Miyako Yamaguchi as Haruko
• Kai Atō as Takao
• Moeko Ezawa as Kozo's sister

Awards

Wins

• Best Actress, Junko Miyashita – Hochi Film Awards
• Best Actress, Junko Miyashita – Kinema Jumpo
• Best Supporting Actress, Ako – Yokohama Film Festival
• Fourth Best Film of the Year – Kinema Jumpo

Nominations

• Best actress, Junko Miyashita; Best director, Tatsumi Kumashiro; Best Screenplay, Haruhiko Arai; Best Sound, Fumio Hashimoto – Japan Academy Prize 1980

See also

• List of Nikkatsu Roman Porno films

Sources

• Akai kami no onna (1979) at IMDb
• "赫い髪の女 (Akai kami no onna)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
• Crow, Jonathan. "Woman with Red Hair". Allmovie. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
• Parsons, Symon. "Woman with Red Hair (movie review)". eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
• Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 79–80. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.

External links

• The Woman with Red Hair at IMDb