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Endless Desire
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Endless Desire

1958-11-18 · 101 min · ★ 6.8

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.

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Directors
Shōhei Imamura
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Hiroyuki NagatoHiroyuki NagatoSatoru
Misako WatanabeMisako WatanabeShima
Kō NishimuraKō NishimuraPharmacist
Sanae NakaharaSanae NakaharaRyuko
Taiji TonoyamaTaiji TonoyamaRamen shop owner
Takeshi KatōTakeshi KatōBrutal yakuza
Shoichi OzawaShoichi OzawaA teacher
Reiji AkitsuDetective
Shinsuke AshidaShinsuke Ashida
Nobuo KawakamiNobuo Kawakami
Chieko MisakiChieko MisakiKiyo
Ichirō SugaiIchirō SugaiKinzo Onoyu
Kaku TakashinaKaku Takashina
Shuntaro Tamamura
Makiko Tsunoda
Shinichi YanagisawaShinichi Yanagisawa
Shizuko KasagiShizuko Kasagi(uncredited)
Kayo MatsuoKayo Matsuo(uncredited)
Tomiko HattoriTomiko Hattori(uncredited)

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