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Zero Focus is a 1961 Japanese crime drama film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, and co-written by Shinobu Hashimoto and Yoji Yamada. It is based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto. A remake of the film was released in 2009.

Plot
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, ad agency manager Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip to Kanazawa and doesn't return. With a pair of old photographs she found among his belongings, Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, first with the help of her husband's employer, later on her own. After a series of mysterious deaths, including a reception girl of the agency's Kanazawa branch, who turns out to be Kenichi's common law wife, and Kenichi's alleged suicide, all clues lead to Sachiko Murota, wife of a wealthy business partner of her husband. Teiko confronts Mrs. Murota and blames her for murdering Kenichi and everyone who knew of her past as a prostitute in the post-war era. Yet, as Mrs. Murota's confession reveals, the truth is even more complex than that. ==Cast==
Cast
Yoshiko Kuga as Teiko Uhara • Hizuru Takachiho as Sachiko Murota / Emmy • Ineko Arima as Hisako Tanuma / Sally • Koji Nambara as Kenichi Uhara / Masuzaburo Sone • Kō Nishimura as Sōtarō Uhara • Yoshi Katō as Gisaku Murota • Sadako Sawamura as Sōtarō's wife • Takanobu Hozumi as Mr. Honda ==Awards==
Awards
• 1961 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress (Hizuru Takachiho) ==Legacy==
Legacy
Seicho Matsumoto's novel was again adapted in 2009 by Isshin Inudō with Ryōko Hirosue as Teiko Uhara. ==References==
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