Intentions of Murder

Aroview: Unsentimental drama from Japanese director Shohei Imamura (THE INSECT WOMAN), depicting a rape survivor's determination to overcome her pitiless surroundings.

From a lower class background and living in poverty, she is caught between being accosted by her rapist and rejected by her adulterous husband. A disturbing and audacious portrait of a woman fighting to survive in the turbulence of urban Japanese life in the 60's, of interest to those seeking an alternative to the idealised portrayal of Japanese life epitomised in the works of Ozu.