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When Sugar Candy Goes Bad

19670.0 / 1096 min
Drama

Overview

This is a women's film directed by social activist Imai Tadashi, with a screenplay by Hashida Sugako based on a novel by Sono Ayako. Chisaka Kyoko (Wakao Fumiko) is an unsuccessful actress. She manages to get by day to day by working as a nude model. However, after meeting the president of a production company (Shimura Takashi) and becoming his mistress, her career as an actress is smooth sailing. However, after the president dies, she continues to date with men, including a university professor (Funakoshi Eiji), a professional baseball player (Fujimaki Jun), and a writer (Tamura Takahiro), but her true desire is for a happy marriage and a peaceful life. Then, one day, her body is discovered after taking too many sleeping pills...

Cast

Fumiko Wakao

Fumiko Wakao

Fujibokatsu

Fujibokatsu

Eiji Funakoshi

Eiji Funakoshi

Chisako Hara

Chisako Hara

Jun Negami

Jun Negami

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Crew

Tadashi Imai

Tadashi Imai

Director