Corporate backstabbing so cold it'll freeze your soul solid.
Set against the backdrop of a bitter power struggle between the faction of the chairman of the board and the faction of the vice-chairman of the board of a large bank, this business mystery explores the lust, suffering and vindictiveness of one of the branch managers caught in the middle of the struggle. The term “cold current” refers to a current in which those who, once in it, find themselves will never emerge.
Acting
Meiko Kaji's controlled desperation in a rare dramatic role
Direction
Tomimoto's clinical framing of corporate rot
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it draws blood
Director
Sōkichi Tomimoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Japan's 1980s 'economic thriller' wave reflecting anxieties about bubble-era corporate culture.
Nearly impossible to find outside Japan; no official English release exists despite Kaji's cult status.
JP
