Manji (Japanese: 卍, Manji) is the title of several Japanese films based on the Japanese novel Quicksand written by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki in 1928.

Manji
Directed byYasuzo Masumura (1964)
Hiroto Yokoyama (1983)
Mitsunori Hattori (1998)
Noboru Iguchi (2006)
Written byKaneto Shindō (1964)
Based onQuicksand by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
StarringAyako Wakao (1964)
Kyōko Kishida (1964)
Eiji Funakoshi (1964)
Yūsuke Kawazu (1964)
Kanako Higuchi (1983)
Haruna Takase (1983)
Yoshio Harada (1983)
Kaori Sakagami (1998)
Tomoko Mayumi (1998)
Sei Hiraizumi (1998)
Fujiko (2006)
Cosmosco (2006)
Release dates
1964
1983
1998
2006
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The theme is sexual excess, and includes homosexuality between women. It was filmed in 1964, 1983, 1998, 2006, and 2023 in Japan.

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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.

1964 film

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1983 version

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1998 version

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2006 version

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