is a 1961

1961 in film

The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:* Atlantis, the Lost ContinentB...

 Japanese

Cinema of Japan

The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...

 mystery film

Mystery film

Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...

 directed by Yoshitaro Nomura

Yoshitaro Nomura

Yoshitarō Nomura was a prolific Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first accredited film was released in 1953; his last in 1985...

 and is based on a novel by Seicho Matsumoto

Seicho Matsumoto

was a Japanese writer.Seichō's works created new tradition　of Japanese mystery / detective fiction. Dispensing with formulaic plot devices such as puzzles, Seichō incorporated elements of human psychology and ordinary life. In particular, his works often reflect a wider social context and postwar...

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Plot

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.

Cast

• Yoshiko Kuga
  Yoshiko Kuga
  is a Japanese actress.-Biography and personal life:Kuga was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father, Michiaki Koga , was a marquis and a member of House of Peers....
  
   as Teiko Uhara
• Hizuru Takachiho as Sachiko Murota / Emmy
• Ineko Arima
  Ineko Arima
  Ineko Arima was a Japanese film actress born in 1932 in Osaka. She is best known for her work with director Yasujiro Ozu-Selected filmography:* Black River * Tokyo Twilight...
  
   as Hisako Tanuma
• Koji Nambara as Kenichi Uhara
• Kō Nishimura
  Kô Nishimura
  was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and Yojimbo, Kihachi Okamoto's Sword of Doom, Yoshitaro Nomura's Zero Focus, and Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp .-Film:* The Burmese Harp *Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate（1957）*The...
  
   as Sotaro Uhara
• Yoshi Kato
  Yoshi Kato
  Yoshi Kato was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1950 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* The Rice People * Zero Focus * Immortal Love...
  
   as Mr. Murota
• Sadako Sawamura as Sotaro's wife
• Takanobu Hozumi
  Takanobu Hozumi
  , better known as , is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Ōhito, Shizuoka attached to Mausu Promotion.-Film:*Baka ga Tank Deyattekuru *Kichiku *Mr...
  
   as Mr. Honda

Remake

A remake directed by Inudō Isshin with Ryōko Hirosue

Ryoko Hirosue

is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. She also starred in a comedy series Yasuko to Kenji in 2008.- Early life :...

 as Teiko Uhara was released in 2009.

External links

• Zero Focus at the Japanese Movie Database
  Japanese Movie Database
  The , commonly referred to as JMDB, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database, but lists only those films originally released in Japan. The site was started in 1997, and contains movies from Meiji...