Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni (1982)

Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni: Directed by Yasuzô Masumura. With Shima Iwashita, Jinpachi Nezu, Kyôko Kishida, Shinsuke Ashida. The palmist “blue-moth (Seiga)” is rumored to manipulate the Japanese political and business from behind. Journalist Omoda had inquired into the “blue-moth” but is killed. Sudo who is Omoda’s juniors of the newspaper he used to be in took over Omoda’s work.

“Setting the tone, Masumurau0026#39;s film opens with a dramatic flashback into the past, before shifting to the present day, where a brutal murder initiates an urgent police investigation. Shaping up to be a police crime procedural, the story however veers away from this well worn path. The mystery murder becomes an absorbing multi faceted drama, a dark brooding tale of revenge, manipulation and instability, fermented in the social upheaval of the post war years….”