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Endless Desire poster

Endless Desire (1958)

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.

Release: 1958-11-18
Runtime: 101 min
Rating: 6.577 / 10
Cast
Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Satoru
Misako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe
Shima
Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Pharmacist
Sanae Nakahara
Sanae Nakahara
Ryuko
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Ramen shop owner
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Brutal yakuza
Shoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
A teacher
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Reiji Akitsu
Detective
Shinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida
Nobuo Kawakami
Nobuo Kawakami
Chieko Misaki
Chieko Misaki
Kiyo
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Kinzo Onoyu
Kaku Takashina
Kaku Takashina
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Shuntaro Tamamura
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Makiko Tsunoda
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Shizuko Kasagi
Shizuko Kasagi
(uncredited)
Kayo Matsuo
Kayo Matsuo
(uncredited)