Impasse

Dec 1, 1967

1h 41m

★ 6.4

Overview

Shingo and Ritsuko have a baby: Takashi. They happen to be a happy couple, but soon Ritsuko wants to know who is the true father of Takashi, born by artificial insemination.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Gendai Eigasha

Shochiku

Impasse Trailers

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Cast

Tatsuko Ibuki

Mariko Okada

Shingo, Ibuki

Isao Kimura

Shina Sakaguchi

Mayumi Ogawa

Ken Sakaguchi

Takeshi Kusaka

Fujikida

Kazuo Kitamura

Man

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Sachiko Matsushita

Kikuo Kaneuchi

Kyôko Seki

Aoi Nakajima

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