Zero Focus
Zero Focus
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1h 35m
Directed by Yoshitaro Nomura • 1961 • Japan
Starring Yoshiko Kuga, Hizuru Takachiho, Ineko Arima
After her husband disappears on a business trip, newlywed Teiko (Yoshiko Kuga) realizes she knows very little about the man she has been married to for only a week. With a pair of mysterious photographs as her only possible clues, she begins an investigation into his whereabouts that leads her down a twisty rabbit hole of intrigue and shocking revelations. One of several stylishly moody thrillers adapted by director Yoshitaro Nomura from the work of master mystery writer Seicho Matsumoto, ZERO FOCUS unfolds in a labyrinthine flashback structure as it winds its way towards its delirious climax.
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