Straight to Hell
Overview
Kazuko Hosoki did not just find fame. She forged it. She was born into the poverty of post-war Japan. She escaped those hardships through sheer nerve and constant reinvention. Eventually, she became the fortune teller an entire nation trusted. She faced yakuza at her door and left a suffocating marriage behind her. Her famous catchphrase warned people that they would go to hell.
Cast
Erika Toda
Sairi Ito
Toko Miura
Eita Okuno
Kentaro Tamura
Ayumu Nakajima
Gaku Hosokawa
Yuko Nakamura
Fun Facts
- Rather than casting multiple actresses for different eras, the directors made the bold choice to have Erika Toda play Kazuko Hosoki spanning Nearly 50 years or simply 49 years of her life, portraying her all the way from an ambitious 17-year-old in the post-war ruins to a formidable 66-year-old media tycoon.
- The dark biographical drama is directly inspired by the explosive true story of Kazuko Hosoki, arguably the most polarizing and famous fortune teller in Japanese history. Rising from extreme post-war poverty to become a dominant multi-genre celebrity during the Showa and Heisei eras, she built an absolute empire out of prophecy, books, and TV talk shows.