A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 18, 1958
Original Title:
果しなき欲望
Alternate Titles:
Endless Desire
Hateshinaki yokubô
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 101
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.
Art Direction:
Kimihiko Nakamura
Assistant Director:
Kirio Urayama
Director:
Shōhei Imamura
Director of Photography:
Shinsaku Himeda
Editor:
Mutsuo Tanji
Lighting Director:
Yasuo Iwaki
Novel:
Shinji Fujiwara
Original Music Composer:
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Production Design:
Kanō Ōtsuka
Production Manager:
Hironobu Sakurai
Screenplay:
Shōhei Imamura
Hisashi Yamanouchi
Script Supervisor:
Akane Shiratori
Sound:
Norio Iwakura
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