Kagero-za (1981)

Original title

陽炎座

Directed by

Seijun Suzuki

Genre

independent film, romance film, thriller film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 19m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A writer in 1920s Japan becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman he meets at a theater. He is pulled into a strange world where reality and illusion blur.

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What happens

Kagerō-za (陽炎座, Heat-Haze Theatre) is a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyōka Izumi. It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen (1980) and followed by Yumeji (1991), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912–1926) setting. All were produced by Genjirō Arato. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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