Rafureshia

Story

Synopsis

Fearing dead-end futures, abused schoolgirl Alisa and neglected housewife Harumi plan a new life together, bankrolled by a bag of stolen cash. But with an incestuous father and a jealous mother-in-law in hot pursuit, their journey to the other side of the night becomes longer — and stranger — than they could’ve expected.

Director

Hisayasu Satō

Writers

Taketoshi Watari

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

6 January 1995

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Yumi Yoshiyuki

  Harumi

• 

  Kōichi Imaizumi

  Yoshio

• Kinako

  Alisa

• 

  Kiyomi Itō

  Harumi's mother-in-law Nogie

• 

  Simon Kumai

  Thug

• Setsuhiko Kobayashi

  Homeless man

• Taketoshi Watari

  Homeless man

• Mineo Sugiura

  Fortune teller

• Mitsuru Meike

  Man in drag

• 

  Takeshi Iguchi

  Homeless man

• Hiroyuki Kawasaki

  Katsuji (Alisa's father)

• Hiromi Hirose

  Truck driver