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Endless Desire

Endless Desire
★ 6.8/10•1958•1h 41m•Drama•Comedy

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.

Shōhei Imamura · Director

Shōhei Imamura · Screenplay

Hisashi Yamanouchi · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 41m
LanguageJA
Release DateNov 18, 1958

Actors

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Satoru

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Shima

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Pharmacist

Sanae Nakahara

Sanae Nakahara

Ryuko

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Ramen shop owner

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Brutal yakuza

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

A teacher

Reiji Akitsu

Detective

Shinsuke Ashida

Shinsuke Ashida

Nobuo Kawakami

Nobuo Kawakami

Chieko Misaki

Chieko Misaki

Kiyo

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Kinzo Onoyu

Kaku Takashina

Kaku Takashina

Shuntaro Tamamura

Makiko Tsunoda

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Shinichi Yanagisawa

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