Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art student, Shohei and a poor painter, Sohei. Sohei’s painting was praised by a great printer at the completion ceremony of the art gallery. Since he became successful as a painter, but he looked quite indifferent. Around the same time, Shohei’s sister brought Sohei’s pictures to the gallery and Shokichi noticed that she was a daughter of his first love.
Acting
Sachiko Hidari plays twins—spot the difference, I dare you.
Production
Nikkatsu's glossy color cinematography makes betrayal look gorgeous.
Director
Kō Nakahira
Koreya Senda
Shôkichi Sugimoto
Sachiko Hidari
Hideko Sugimoto / Yûko Sugimoto
Izumi Ashikawa
Shôko Matsuyama / Eiko Mitani
Yukiko Todoroki
Kotoko Sonoya
Shōji Yasui
Sôhei Tadokoro
Ryōji Hayama
Shôhei Matsuyama
Misako Watanabe
Junko Takeyama
Sanae Nakahara
Mitsuko Sakuragi
Taiji Tonoyama
Tobe
Joe Shishido
Goro Yasui
Hideaki Nitani
Shigeo Togoshi
Hideyo Amamoto
Kyozo Ikegami
Tomio Aoki
Painter
Tarō Okamoto
Himself
Jun Hamamura
Boarding House Owner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kō Nakahira's final film before his 1960s yakuza reinvention—he's basically saying goodbye to bourgeois drama with maximum melodrama.
Nikkatsu pushed these 'temptation' films to compete with television—gorgeous color, scandalous plots, and enough emotional manipulation to keep butts in seats.
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