Crime ·Drama · Japan · 1966 · 1h 35m

Moment of Terror

ひき逃げ

Moment of Terror poster
Director
Mikio Naruse
Cast
Hideko Takamine as Kuniko, the Mother Yōko Tsukasa as Kinuko Kakinuma Eitarō Ozawa as Kakinuma Daisuke Katō as Kawashima Jin Nakayama as Susumu Ogasawara Toshio Kurosawa as Kuniko's younger brother
Crew
Rokurô Nishigaki — Director of Photography Eiji Ooi — Editor Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Zenzō Matsuyama — Screenplay
Synopsis

When the only son of a working class woman is fatally struck by a car driven by the adulterous wife of a company president in a hit-and-run, the victim's mother changes her identity and infiltrates the couple's home to work as their maid, plotting to murder their similarly-aged son.

Mood & Themes
witnesshit-and-runrevengesorrowcar accidentclass differencesdeath of sondream sequencepolice interrogationhousemaid
Key Collaborators
Mikio Naruse Director Rokurô Nishigaki Director of Photography Eiji Ooi Editor Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Zenzō Matsuyama Screenplay
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