A Design for Dying (1961)
Original title: 女の勲章
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.
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Machiko KyōShikiko Oba
Junko Kano
Tamao Nakamura
Ayako Wakao
Jirō Tamiya
Masayuki MoriProfessor Shiraishi
Taketoshi Naitō
Eiji FunakoshiKazuko Miyakawa
Hiromi IchidaModel BMitsuko TanakaWaitress
Noriko HodakaNurseMovie DNA
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What is A Design for Dying about?
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.
How long is A Design for Dying?
A Design for Dying has a runtime of 110 minutes.