Endless Desire
7.2
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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Cast
32 people
Hiroyuki Nagato
Satoru
Known for
Pigs and Battleships
The Insect Woman
Misako Watanabe
Shima
Known for
Kwaidan
Youth of the Beast
Shinji Fujiwara
Shōhei Imamura
Known for
2009: Lost Memories
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Kō Nishimura
Pharmacist
Known for
Yojimbo
Intentions of Murder
Shinsaku Himeda
Sanae Nakahara
Ryuko
Known for
Lady Snowblood
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
Kirio Urayama
Also in
Taro the Dragon Boy
Hisashi Yamanouchi
Taiji Tonoyama
Ramen shop owner
Known for
Onibaba
In the Realm of the Senses
Akane Shiratori
Shōhei Imamura Director · Hisashi Yamanouchi Screenplay Shinji Fujiwara Author
First release November 18, 1958 · Produced in Japan · Original title 果しなき欲望
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Japan
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Original title
果しなき欲望
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 18, 1958
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
September 29, 2010 · Theatrical · Ретроспектива фильмов Сёхэя Имамуры в Москве
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