Manji (1964)

Adapted from one of Tanizaki’s most controversial novels, Quicksand, the film follows Mitsuko, a bored housewife who becomes entangled in a complex quadrangle of desire, deception and jealousy. Mitsuko falls in love with Sonoko, an art student she meets at a local women’s school. Amidst the rumours surrounding their relationship, their passion grows more intense. Yet beneath their fiery romance lies a web of deception…