Wet Weekend
1979 Japanese film
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Kanji | 濡れた週末 | ||||
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Directed by | Kichitaro Negishi | ||||
Written by | Fumio Kōnami | ||||
Starring | Junko Miyashita Ako | ||||
Production company | Nikkatsu | ||||
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Running time | 71 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese |
Wet Weekend (濡れた週末, Nureta Shumatsu) is a 1979 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi and starring Junko Miyashita.
Synopsis
Miyashita plays an office clerk who is having an affair with her married boss. Since he refuses to leave his wife, Miyashita and another couple plan to kidnap his daughter to collect a ransom.[1]
Cast
- Junko Miyashita as Shimako Maruyama
- Aoi Nakajima (中島葵) as Noriko Goto
- Junichiro Yamashita (山下洵一郎) as Junichiro Goto
- Ako as Tokiko Kazama
Background
The Weisser's, in their book Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, remark that many critics saw similarities between this work and Akira Kurosawa's 1960 film The Bad Sleep Well.[1]
Awards and nominations
4th Hochi Film Award[2]
- Won: Best Actress - Junko Miyashita
- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Ako
- 9th Best Film[4]
References
- ^ a b Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books: Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 498–499. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
- ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ 第1回ヨコハマ映画祭 1979年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ 1979年度日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
External links
- Wet Weekend at IMDb
- 濡れた週末 (in Japanese). JMDB.
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Films directed by Kichitaro Negishi
- Wet Weekend (1979)
- Enrai (1981)
- Crazy Fruit (1981)
- Detective Story (1983)
- House of Wedlock (1986)
- Eien no 1/2 (1987)
- What the Snow Brings (2005)
- Villon's Wife (2009)