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The Hunter's Diary
4.8 / 10• 1964• 2h 3m•NR• Japanese
ThrillerCrimeDramaMystery
Storyline
Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ‘Hunter’s Diary’. One day, he finds an article in the newspaper – a murder of a young woman in his diary. A few days later, another woman from his diary is murdered. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as women named in his diary are killed one after another...
Cast & Crew
Noboru Nakaya
Ichiro Honda
Lead
Masako Togawa
Taneko Honda
Kazuo Kitamura
Kentaro Hatanaka
Yukiyo Toake
Mutsuko Fuji
Teruko Kishi
Housekeeper
Yōko Yamamoto
Keiko Obana
Kazuko Inano
Fusako Aikawa
YK
Yōko Kozono
Tsuneko Obana
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kō Nakahira's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Hunter's Diary is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
