Dark Room

Dark Room

1983 · 122 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama, Romance

A writer haunted by the death of his wife and threatened by the imagined infidelities of his lovers uses his affairs for the subjects of his novels.

Directed by Kirio Urayama · Written by Toshirō Ishidō

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