Zero Focus
Zero no shôten
Japan
1961
95 Min
Black and White
2.35:1
Japanese
Synopsis
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. —Rovi
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Yoshitaro Nomura
Yoshitaro Nomura, Japanese film director (b. April 23, 1919, Tokyo, Japan—d. April 8, 2005, Tokyo), pioneered the film noir genre in Japanese cinema. The son of film director Hotei Nomura, Yoshitaro Nomura signed with the Shochiku film studio when he was 22 years old and made his directorial debut with Hato (Pigeon) in 1953. Though he made samurai dramas and musicals, he was best known for his film noirs, including his masterpiece Suna no utsuwa (1974; Castle of Sand), a thriller that follows the investigation of a murdered police officer; it was considered among the finest films ever made in Japan. —Britannica
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