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Endless Desire

1958 · 101 min

Drama · Comedy

★ 6.8
Criterion

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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  • Director Shōhei Imamura
  • Screenplay Shōhei Imamura
  • Screenplay Hisashi Yamanouchi
  • Director of Photography Shinsaku Himeda

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