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Hard Scandal Performance
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Hard Scandal Performance

1985-03-01 · 60 min · ★ 2.0

Drama

A woman who runs a prosperous oden shop by herself. A report writer who is a regular there senses something is wrong with her, and becomes interested in the landlady, so he decides to interview her. Then, it turns out that the husband of the landlady, who was an employee of a top-class trading company, was murdered by a certain man. Moreover, the man is the older brother of the tigress-like woman who lives with him, and it seems that he will be released on parole soon. Using this information as bait, the report writer forcibly presses the landlady into having a relationship with her, but... A work depicting the negotiations between a woman who hides her past and a man who reveals it.

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Directors
Rumi Tama
Production companies
Million Film, Production Taka
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Megumi AoiMegumi Aoi
Kyoko Hibiki
Ayumi TaguchiAyumi Taguchi
Koji Makimura
Junpei Nono
Subaru Imura
Daizo Kitamura
Ichirô Yoshioka

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