Manji

is the title of several Japanese films based on the Japanese novel Quicksand written by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki in 1928. The theme is sexual excess, and includes homosexuality between women. It was filmed in 1964, 1983, 1998 and 2006 in Japan. Story 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 Cast and staff Ayako Wakao as Mitsuko Tokumitsu Kyōko Kishida as Sonoko Kakiuchi Eiji Funakoshi as Kotaro Kakiuchi Yūsuke Kawazu as Eijirō Watanuki director: Yasuzo Masumura writer: Kaneto Shindō