Manji (film)

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Manji (Japanese: 卍, Manji) is the title of five separate Japanese films based on the 1928 Japanese novel Quicksand by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. Filmed in Japan, they were released in 1964, 1983, 1998, 2006, and 2023.

The theme of each film is sexual excess and includes homosexuality between women.

Sonoko, a bored married woman, falls for a fellow art student, the young and beautiful Mitsuko. The relationship develops and starts to affect and involve their partners.

Cast

• Ayako Wakao as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
• Kyōko Kishida as Sonoko Kakiuchi
• Eiji Funakoshi as Kotaro Kakiuchi
• Yūsuke Kawazu as Eijirō Watanuki

Production

• director: Yasuzo Masumura
• writer: Kaneto Shindō

Cast

• Kanako Higuchi as Mitsuko Sido
• Haruna Takase as Sonoko Kakiuchi
• Yoshio Harada as Kotaro Kakiuchi

Production

• director: Hiroto Yokoyama

Cast

• Kaori Sakagami as Sonoko
• Tomoko Mayumi as Mitsuko
• Sei Hiraizumi as Kotaro Kikiuchi

Production

• director: Mitsunori Hattori

Cast

• Fujiko as Mitsuko Sido
• Cosmosco as Sonoko

Production

• director, writer: Noboru Iguchi

• Manami Shindo as Mitsuko Tokunaga
• Noriko Kijima as Sonoko Kakiuchi

Production

• director: Kishū Izuchi

• Historical use of manji (卍) in Japan
• The Berlin Affair – 1985 film based on Quicksand by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
• List of feature films with lesbian characters

• Manji at IMDb (1964)
• Manji at IMDb (1983)
• Manji at IMDb (1998)
• Manji at IMDb (2006)
• Manji at IMDb (2023)
• Manji 卍 (1964) on allmovie
• 2006 Official Site (Archive) (in Japanese)

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