A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (悲愁物語, Hishū monogatari) is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.

During her first professional competition she has great success, winning the approval of her mentor, a TV audience and others.

[2] The plot turns sinister as one of her devoted followers develops an obsession with Reiko and starts to blackmail and threaten her.

[3] Jasper Sharp of Midnight Eye said, "Coming across like a deranged hybrid of Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me (1971) and Robert Aldrich's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

(1962), this sinister social satire of Stepford Wives-esque suburban aspiration set against the glamorous world of big budget sports promotion is impossible to pigeonhole as anything other than a Suzuki film.