Station to Heaven (1984)

Profile

• Movie: Station to Heaven
• Romaji: Tengoku no eki: Heaven Station
• Japanese: 天国の駅　HEAVEN STATION
• Director: Masanobu Deme
• Writer: Akira Hayasaka
• Producer:
• Cinematographer: Masahiko Iimura
• Release Date: June 9, 1984
• Runtime: 133 min.
• Studio: Toei
• Distributor: Toei
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Based on a true incident happened in Japan in 1960s. This Japanese drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on a tangled web of murder and deceit encountered by a beautiful woman, Kayo (Sayuri Yoshinaga) after her abusive husband is murdered.