Stolen Pleasure

Mar 14, 1962

1h 28m

★ 6.8

Overview

High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her future, she aggressively manipulates him into divorcing his wife, only for their new marriage to be destabilized by the arrival of her young niece.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Stolen Pleasure Trailers

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Cast

Masuko

Ayako Wakao

Asai

Jirō Tamiya

Eiko

Yoshie Mizutani

Yukiko

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Aoyagi

Eiji Funakoshi

Yoshiko

Keiko Yumi

Tatsuo

Jun Hamamura

Ryuko

Reiko Fujiwara

Goro

Taiji Tonoyama

Michiyo

Mayumi Kurata

Muro

Takashi Nakamura

Komiya

Fujio Harumoto

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