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A Woman Called Sada Abe

A Woman Called Sada Abe

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1975
1h 16m
5.5(33 votes)
Crime
Drama
Romance

Overview

A true-life tale of a broken woman whose hedonistic tryst with a high-class restaurateur resulted in a horrific crime of passion that littered Tokyo headlines in 1936.

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