Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery.
Acting
Ryoko Hirosue's transformation from demure wife to relentless seeker.
Cinematography
Muted palettes that make post-war Japan feel haunted by color.
Direction
Inudo lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Isshin Inudo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Seicho Matsumoto's 1959 novel, a landmark of Japanese social mystery fiction that interrogated post-war amnesia about war responsibility.
The title refers to a camera technique—everything blurred, nothing clear—which mirrors how the women must assemble truth from men's deliberate obscurity.
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