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Jealousy (1971)

Jealousy poster
Original title
嫉妬
Directed by
Masahisa Sadanaga
Genre
thriller
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 37m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman's husband dies in a suicide pact with a club owner. The other woman survives. Consumed by jealousy, the wife starts working as a hostess at that club.

tensemelancholicslow-burnbleakemotionally intenseintrospectivecoldvisceral

What happens

『嫉妬』(しっと)は、1971年に製作された日本映画。貞永方久監督。岩下志麻主演。原作は藤本義一の同名小説。製作は石原プロモーション。公開時のキャッチコピーは岩下志麻/ 浅丘ルリ子 天下の美女 華麗な対決! 夫がクラブのママと心中。しかし女は生き残り、夫だけが死んでしまった。妻は嫉妬心に苛まれた末、夫を死に導いた女の店でホステスとして働きはじめる。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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