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Endless Desire

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1958-11-18

Runtime: 101 mins

Director: Shōhei Imamura

Spoken language: 日本語

Genres: Drama

Original title: Endless Desire

Production Companies: Nikkatsu Corporation

Production Countries: Japan

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