# A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977)

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**Original title**: *悲愁物語*
**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Seijun Suzuki
**Written by**: Atsushi Yamatoya, Ikki Kajiwara
**Starring**: Yōko Shiraki, Kyōko Enami, Yoshio Harada, Masumi Okada, Kōji Wada, Shūji Sano

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

_All About Eve_ on the links. An unknown golfer becomes a sensation thanks to a savvy promoter. Suzuki’s late-period melodrama is a character study in media manipulation.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, paranoid, surreal

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