JAPAN · 1966

Hit and Run

Mikio Naruse
revenge class conflict maternal grief deception and infiltration hit-and-run justice
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Synopsis

When the only son of a working class woman is fatally struck by a car driven by the adulterous wife of a company president in a hit-and-run, the victim's mother changes her identity and infiltrates the couple's home to work as their maid, plotting to murder their similarly-aged son.

Year1966
CountryJapan
DirectorMikio Naruse
Hit and Run poster

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