Kiken na onnatachi (危険な女たち Dangerous Women) is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Yoshitarô Nomura. The film is based on the Agatha Christie novel The Hollow. It was the last film directed by Nomura and apparently the first Agatha Christie adaptation for cinema in Japanese.
Synopsis[]
The plot parallels the original fairly closely except that there is no Poirot parallel. The investigative role is taken by a mystery writer who lives in the next villa by the name of Sugisaka Shuhei.
Cast[]
Note: IMDb lists Japanese names in Western style as given name-family name. However the Japanese names here follow Japanese naming convention with family name-given name. This format is easier when searching for resources on the internet, especially those from Japanese sites. In the episode dialogue, characters are addressed in the Japanese format and this format is also used in the credits. In addition, it should be noted that the character names in IMDB are not exact.
Parallels are in brackets.
- Ishizaka Koji (石坂浩二) as Sugisaka Shuhei (枇杷坂周平) - a writer of mysteries who lives in the next villa.
- Kitabayashi Tanie (北林谷栄) as Kinumura Hana (絹村ハナ) - wife of Kinumura Kenichiro (Lucy Angkatell)
- Ozawa Eitaro (小沢 栄太郎) as Kinumura Kenichiro (絹村健一郎) - retired director of a hospital (Henry Angkatell)
- Ikegami Kimiko (池上季実子) as Fujii Saeko (藤井冴子) - a sculptor (Henrietta Savernake)
- Akira Terao (寺尾聰) as Hideo Tanase (棚瀬秀雄) - acting director of the hospital (John Christow)
- Ōtake Shinobu (大竹しのぶ) as Noriko Tanase (棚瀬紀子) - Hideo's wife (Gerda Christow)
- Kazu Yufuko (子和由布子) as Mizuno Michiko (水野美智) (Midge Hardcastle)
- Mitamura Kunihiko (池上季実子) as Masumori Hiroshi (藤井冴子) (Edward Angkatell)
- Natsuyagi Isao (夏八木勲) as Dozono (堂園)
- Fuji Mariko (藤真利子) as Mayumi Tachibana（橘まゆみ）(Veronica Cray)
- Hiiro Tomoe
- Kato Yoshi
Filming locations[]
- Hotaka Station, Azumino, Nagano Prefecture - Hiroshi boards his train on his journey to Shirahama