Film

Akiko

1962 · 1h 33m · Drama

Akiko lives with her brother Toshio in suburban Tokyo working in different companies. One day, Toshio loses 500,000 yen which he was holding for his section chief, and as he is unable to return the money, tries to kill himself. Akiko determines to obtain the money by selling her chastity and soon becomes the mistress of Hasegawa, for 500,000 yen. Hasegawa gives her the money but does not make advances. Before she became Hasegawa's mistress Akiko was in love with Wake, who works in the same Company. Gradually Akiko begins to develop a liking for Hasegawa and in turn, her love for Wake gradually weakens...

Junko Kano

Ken Utsui

Hajime Mitamura

Shin Roppongi

Keiko Yumi

Rieko Sumi

Tazuko Niki

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Manabu Morita

Fujio Harumoto

Mineko Hasegawa

Chikako Kaga

Saburo Sakai

Shoji Iizuka

Sayuri Kageyama

Isao Nakatani

• Kōji ShimaDirector
• Kazuo FunahashiScreenplay
• Yoshihiro IshimatsuScreenplay
• Kimio WatanabeDirector of Photography
• Seitaro OmoriOriginal Music Composer
• Toyo SuzukiEditor

Release date

October 20, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama