Double Suicide at Nishijin

Double Suicide at Nishijin

110 mins | Drama | Oct. 14, 1977

Yumi, an exceptionally beautiful call girl, has a close call with death when a client forces her to die with him. An old cop pities her and agrees to be her guarantor so that she could join a Nishijin weaver workshop. Yumi wishes to put her dark past behind her, but she's exposed by an ex-client. Despite the unwavered support of the old cop, she sees no way out and uses her seductive body again to get what she wants. Hiroyuki, her co-worker at the weaver workshop, is a pure-hearted young man who may redeem Yumi from her deadly path as a femme fatale.

Double Suicide at Nishijin

110 mins | Drama | Oct. 14, 1977

Double Suicide at Nishijin
Yumi, an exceptionally beautiful call girl, has a close call with death when a client forces her to die with him. An old cop pities her and agrees to be her guarantor so that she could join a Nishijin weaver workshop. Yumi wishes to put her dark past behind her, but she's exposed by an ex-client. Despite the unwavered support of the old cop, she sees no way out and uses her seductive body again to get what she wants. Hiroyuki, her co-worker at the weaver workshop, is a pure-hearted young man who may redeem Yumi from her deadly path as a femme fatale.
Producers Art Theatre Guild
Original title 西陣心中
Directors Yoichi Takabayashi
Writers Yoichi Takabayashi, Kōji Takada

Cast

Yoshie Shimamura

as Yumi Nozawa

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Yoshida

Goichi Yamada

as Nomura

Akira Nakao

as Amano

Yōko Mihara

as Toyo Oshima