His dead wife's ghost wears a stranger's face—dementia or desire?
Having lost his wife, elderly Shogo lives alone in the countryside. Beginning to show signs of dementia, he receives the care of a young helper named Yumi. As he grows closer to Yumi, he begins to see in her his late wife.
Acting
Mickey Curtis's fragile, predatory confusion—unsettlingly vulnerable.
Cinematography
Cramped rural spaces that feel both intimate and suffocating.
Director
Hitoshi Ishikawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Nikkatsu's 'Love & Eros' line—softcore films that often used genre premises to smuggle genuine emotional devastation past censors and audiences alike.
Mickey Curtis, a rockabilly legend turned actor, reportedly took the role specifically because he found the script's treatment of male senility 'more honest than most Japanese films allow.'
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こういうのもジョークではありません❗私の友人も67歳で35歳の女性と再婚しました‼️こういう映画をもっと製作するべきですね‼️😃💕
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老人の恋😌🌸💕面白い－(?_?)
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