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Zero Focus

  • Director: Yoshitaro Nomura
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Movie Type: Psychological Thriller, Paranoid Thriller
  • Themes: Missing Persons, Double Life
  • Main Cast: Yoshiko Kuga
  • Release Year: 1961
  • Country: JP
  • Run Time: 95 minutes

Plot

When the husband of a young newlywed disappears on what was supposed to be only a brief business trip, the mournful bride embarks on an ominous search in director Yoshitaro Nomura's adaptation of author Seicho Matsumoto's popular Japanese mystery novel. As Teiko slowly makes her way through the snowy countryside in search of missing husband Kenichi, the revelation that he may have been leading a double life sets off a chain of events that finds her fate growing increasingly grim. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Yoshiko Kuga

Credit

Yoshitaro Nomura - Director

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Directed by Yoshitaro Nomura
Produced by Shiro Kido
Written by Shinobu Hashimoto
Yoji Yamada
Seicho Matsumoto (novel)
Starring Yoshiko Kuga
Music by Yasushi Akutagawa
Cinematography Takashi Kawamata
Release date(s) March 19, 1961 (Japan)
Running time 95 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Zero Focus (ゼロの焦点 Zero no shoten?) is a 1961 Japanese mystery film directed by Yoshitaro Nomura and is based on a novel by Seicho Matsumoto.

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Plot

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip but does not return. Kenichi's employers contact Teiko inquiring as to his whereabouts. She begins a search for her husband with his brother, Sotaro. They discover Kenichi was living a double life , and may have been embroiled with prostitution ring and may have been involved in a murder.

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Remake

A remake directed by Inudō Isshin with Ryōko Hirosue as Teiko Uhara was released on 2009.

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