Ten Dark Women
| Ten Dark Women | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
| Written by | Natto Wada |
| Produced by | Hiroaki Fujii Masaichi Nagata |
| Cinematography | Setsao Kobayashi |
| Edited by | Tatsuji Nakashizu |
| Music by | Yasushi Akutagawa |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Ten Dark Women (Kuroi jûnin no onna (黒い十人の女), literally "ten black women") is a 1961 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa.[1][2][3][4]
Plot
A married television executive has many mistresses. Nine of the mistresses and his wife band together and plan to kill him. His wife tells him they are planning to kill him and they fake his death at a meeting of all ten women using a pistol loaded with blanks and a tomato.
The other women tell her that they were not really serious about killing him and run away. One of the women, Miwako, commits suicide, and her ghost comes back to view the proceedings. Then they find out that he is not really dead, and they decide to kill him again.
His wife divorces him and one of the other women takes him on.
Cast
- Eiji Funakoshi as Matsukichi
- Keiko Kishi
- Tamao Nakamura
- Fujiko Yamamoto
- Juzo Itami
- Hajime Hana
- Jun Hamamura
Staff
| Director | Kon Ichikawa |
| Screenplay | Natto Wada |
| Special effects | Yonesaburo Tsukiji[5] |
Reception
Donald Richie describes it as "an extraordinarily black comedy ... the hilarious hell of a man whose wife, mistresses and girlfriends conspire to murder him".[2]
Cast
| Role | Actor |
|---|---|
| Kaze's wife | Fujiko Yamamoto |
| Kaze | Eiji Funakoshi |
| Sayoko Goto | Kyōko Kishida |
| Keiko Kishi | |
| Juzo Itami | |
| Tamao Nakamura | |
| Miwako | Mariko Miyagi |
| Themselves | Hajime Hana and the Crazy Cats |
References
- ^ "Kinema Junpo Eiga Detabesu - Kuroi Junin No Onna". Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ a b Richie, Donald (1982). The Japanese Movie (Rev ed.). Tokyo: Kodansha International. p. 164. ISBN 4770097670.
- ^ "黒い十人の女". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "黒い十人の女". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "築地米三郎". www.jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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