The Shape of Night

Year: 1964

Runtime: 109 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Noboru Nakamura

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By day Yoshie Nogami toils at a factory, and by night she tends a bar as a hostess. When she embarks on an intense affair with a frequent customer, his increasingly erratic behavior and relentless requests for cash draw her deeper into a dangerous, self‑destructive spiral. She struggles to balance her two jobs and the mounting pressure, pushing her toward desperate choices.

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