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Cast
Akira Yoshino
as Fumiko Jojima
Tarō Suwa
as Yukio Murakami (a taxi driver)
Takeshi Itō
as Fumiko's husband
Kazuhiro Sano
as Akio Watanabe (salon owner)
Syoko Kudo
as Mayumi Murakami (a hairdresser)
Yohta Kawase
as Shuji Sawai (a hairdresser)
Setsuhiko Kobayashi
as Drunk passenger
Yukiko Izumi
as Woman who watches Fumiko
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1998
Runtime1h 19m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Crime
Votes3
DirectorTakahisa Zeze
WritersKishū Izuchi, Takahisa Zeze
TypeFeature Film
Rating3.3 out of 10
Cast8 credited
Also Known AsDirty Maria
About Dirty Maria
Fumiko, a married bookkeeper at a hair salon, is having an affair with one of the stylists, Sawai. Suspecting that her co-worker Mayumi is also involved with him, Fumiko murders her in a fit of jealousy, dismembers the body, and disposes of the remains around the city. When Mayumi’s husband, taxi driver Yukio, comes looking for his missing wife, Fumiko approaches him and claims that Mayumi had wanted to visit a hot-spring resort in the snowy mountains. The two set out together in search of her, each carrying motives and resentments of their own, as their strange journey gradually develops into an uneasy and increasingly dangerous intimacy.
Directed by Takahisa Zeze, Dirty Maria leans on a strong ensemble — Akira Yoshino, Tarō Suwa, Takeshi Itō — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1998.
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