Ko NAKAHIRA

Whirlpool Of Flesh

おんなの渦と渕と流れ

Nippon Retro   ² 

Living in Manchuria on the eve of the Second World War, Nunami and Sugaku accept an arranged marriage despite their different expectations and aspirations. Nunami misses intellectual conversations and Sugaku feels more at home in her bar. When Nunami tells her that he observed her with her lover they decide to move to Tokyo to make a new start. There Nunami meets Shimura, an office colleague with whom he enjoys the long desired conversations. Sugaku takes a decision with grave consequences. WHIRLPOOL OF FLESH is one of four experimental and existentialist black-and-white films NAKAHIRA made in 1964.

おんなの渦と渕と流れ
Onna no uzu to fuchi to nagare

Japan 1964

116 minutes

Director
Ko NAKAHIRA

Script
Masashige NARUSAWA based on a novel by Eiji SHINBA

Cinematography
Yoshihiro YAMAZAKI

Music
Toshiro MAYUZUMI