If you loved Ecstasy of the Black Rose, try The Woman with Red Hair

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Ecstasy of the Black Rose

1975 · dir. Tatsumi Kumashiro

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Both films are directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Ecstasy of the Black Rose, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Woman with Red Hair is

Last Tango in Tokyo. A day laborer brings home a waif he meets on the road; she may be running from the mob. Junko Miyashita elevates potboiler material.

If you loved Ecstasy of the Black Rose, try The Woman with Red Hair

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If you loved Ecstasy of the Black Rose, try The Woman with Red Hair

Ecstasy of the Black Rose

The Woman with Red Hair

What they share

What The Woman with Red Hair is

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