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Endless Desire

6.819581h 41mMovieDramaComedy

Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.

DirectorShōhei Imamura
WritersShōhei Imamura·Hisashi Yamanouchi

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Cast · Directed by Shōhei Imamura

HNHiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Satoru
MWMisako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe
Shima
KNKō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Pharmacist
SNSanae Nakahara
Sanae Nakahara
Ryuko
TTTaiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Ramen shop owner
TKTakeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Brutal yakuza
SOShoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
A teacher
RA
Reiji Akitsu
Detective
SAShinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida
NKNobuo Kawakami
Nobuo Kawakami
CMChieko Misaki
Chieko Misaki
Kiyo
ISIchirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Kinzo Onoyu

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