Manji

Atsuko Kawaguchi appears to have been contractually obliged to play a kleptomaniac lesbian. A bored housewife steals, beds, and weds a younger woman, only for her husband to join the party. Everyone involved seems to have had a pretty good time, whatever the result.

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Hiroto Yokoyama directed Manji in 1983. See Hiroto Yokoyama's full filmography, where to start with Hiroto Yokoyama, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hiroto Yokoyama.

Manji was released in 1983 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 95 minutes.