Semi-Document: Widow's Boarding House poster

Semi-Document: Widow's Boarding House poster

Semi-Document: Widow's Boarding House

1974 1h 07mMovie

A young man named Jun Umemura, with the look of a radical student, arrives at the boarding house run by widowed 'Mama' Katsu. Struck by his handsome features, she showers him with attention and gradually coaxes him into her bed. But just as he's faced with Mama’s seductive, bare body, he spots a fellow activist, and bolts out the door.

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Shinya Yamamoto

Director

Ichirô Kosaka

Screenplay

Top Cast

Jun Aoba

Katsu (Boarding house 'Mama')

Chū Takatsuki

Ôta

Hiroshi Kumakura

Yamashita

Shinji Kubo

Shinji Kubo

Ozaki

Yuka Matsuyama

Junko

Masami Hayashi

Tomoko

Kazuko Ishibashi

Rumi (Bar hostess)

Yasushi Matsuura

Butcher

Koji Miemachi

Grocer

Kazuo Terashima

Tobacconist

Kyôichi Takahashi

Student

Jirō Sagawa

Katsu's dead husband

Kyôko Shima

Kanpei Kagami