Lullaby of Death (1982) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1982 · 111 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Yasuzō Masumura

Starring

Jinpachi Nezu, Hideo Murota, Shima Iwashita, Kunio Murai, Nenji Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakahara

Also known as “For My Daughter’s 7th Birthday,” the story follows Maya, who, years after her mother’s suicide, tracks down the father who abandoned her family to exact revenge. Her quest collides with journalists probing a series of local murders, the schemes of a mystic palmist called the “blue moth,” and deep‑rooted political corruption.