When The Cookie Crumbles (1967)

- Original title
- 砂糖菓子が壊れるとき
- Directed by
- Tadashi Imai
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A struggling young actress agrees to nude photos to pay for her parent's hospital bills. She becomes a star but grows unstable as powerful men in film, academia, journalism, sports, and literature pursue her with love and hatred.
melancholicbittersweettenseintrospectiveslow-burnemotionally taxingsombervisually stark
What happens
『砂糖菓子が壊れるとき』(さとうがしがこわれるとき)は、1967年6月10日に大映が配給した、今井正監督、若尾文子主演の映画 キネマ旬報1967年6月上旬号 p.87。今井正の約二年半振りの監督作品で、曽野綾子の同名小説の映画化。 売れない新人女優の京子は、親の入院費の都合をつけるためにヌード撮影に応じる。その後出演作を得て人気スターとなるが、余命僅かな映画界の大物、大学教授、新聞記者、プロ野球選手、作家らに求められ、その愛憎の遍歴のなかで京子は心身ともに不安定になってゆく。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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