A Woman Called Sada Abe
1975 · 76 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 633 VOTES · DIR. Noboru Tanaka
Overview
The young and beautiful Sada Abe, the daughter of a rich merchant, is banished for losing her virginity after being raped by a college student. Sada wanders the city, becoming a geisha and eventually meeting Kichizo, a posh restaurateur who falls under her spell. Together, they embark on a week-long sexual escapade filled with dangerous obsessions. Their complete descent into each others desires culminates in a shocking crime of passion which captures the city's headlines. Based on a real event from 1936.
Dialogue Timeline — 407 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 A NIKKATSU PRODUCTION
00:00:50 After he died...
00:03:23 Darling
00:07:16 I'm crazy about you
00:09:23 I always wanted to do it myself
00:11:50 My heart is always filled with you
00:14:33 Like this?
00:24:53 It's not like that
00:26:02 A man is a man
00:29:35 Shall I bring saké?
00:31:14 by your superiors, believing it was your duty
00:33:11 you're too fickle and cold-hearted to be a husband
00:36:12 For you, I can take it
00:39:21 Love is blind, even the moon is my foe
00:41:31 Come in
00:43:19 But I must think of the future
00:45:36 Forgive me
00:50:42 ... waitress, mistress, prostitute
01:00:18 I cut off what made him a man
01:02:42 would have done such a thing
01:03:49 ...even now
01:06:09 WHERE IS WITCH SADA?
01:10:35 Sada and Kichi alone...
01:12:32 Art direction: Gunji Kawasaki
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed407
Dialogue density5.4 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:12:32
Production Record
DirectorNoboru Tanaka
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes633