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A cosmetics salesman gets pulled into a twisted game of revenge between two sisters — and it's not pretty.
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Flora on the Sand (1964)

Noir-adjacentPsychosexualTense

Overview

Drama

One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She invites Ichiro back to a hotel where they make love but part without even exchanging names. A week later, they have a second chance encounter at the observatory. This time, Ichiro is the one who pursues her. Back at the hotel, Akiko begs Ichiro to give her sister – Kyoko, a bar hostess – absolute hell. Akiko resents her sister for lecturing on chastity, while wantonly indulging in promiscuous activity. Ichiro takes an interest in Kyoko and sets out towards her bar…

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Standout Aspects

Direction

Nakahira's claustrophobic framing of desire and deceit

Writing

Cruel, precise dialogue about masks people wear

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want something morally messy·Streaming: Discovering obscure Japanese New Wave gems
Heads up:Sexual Content: 1960s-era sexual content, transactional relationships central to plot
Kō Nakahira

Director

Kō Nakahira

ReleasedAug 29, 1964
Runtime1h 35m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Nikkatsu Corporation

Top Cast

Noboru Nakaya

Noboru Nakaya

Kazuko Inano

Kazuko Inano

Mieko Nishio

Mieko Nishio

Masaya Takahashi

Masaya Takahashi

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Makiko Aoi

Makiko Aoi

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Yukiko Shimazaki

Yukiko Shimazaki

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Cultural

Part of Nikkatsu's 1960s 'borderless' films that pushed against studio constraints with sexually frank material before the pink film boom.

Trivia

Director Kō Nakahira made Crazed Fruit (1956), the film that launched Yūjirō Ishihara and the taiyōzoku (Sun Tribe) genre.

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