The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Screenplay: Jean-Armand Bougrelle
Alex Fayard
Tamao
Inspecteur Fuji
Ken Honda
Ryuji Mogi
Mr. Awase
Inspecteur Matsumoto
Kumiko