72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Hateshinaki yokubo / Endless Desire / Endless Desire

Shohei Imamura
Japan
Synopsis
On the tenth anniversary of Japan's capitulation to the Allies, five people descend upon a butcher shop basement used as an air-raid shelter during the war. There to dig up a cache of morphine are the ferocious widow of the man who buried it, the owner of a Chinese restaurant, a gangster, a pharmacist, and a high school teacher.
Director
Shohei Imamura
Screenplay
Natto Wada
Photography
Joji Ohara
Music
Ryoichi Hattori
Cast
Shizuko Kasagi, Tomiko Hattori, Kayo Matsuo, Hiroyuki Nagato
Running Time
101 m.
Country
Japan
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