Whirlpool of Flesh

Oct 21, 1964

1h 53m

★ 0.0

Overview

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much rather be translating Shakespeare than attending to her, and she has a secret in her past - one that results in her sleeping with a great number of men.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

TOHO

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Cast

Keikichi Nunami

Noboru Nakaya

Sugako Nunami

Kazuko Inano

Kenichi Sekiguchi

Tamio Kawachi

Tomiko Sekiguchi

Sadako Sawamura

Hiroko Shimura

Kaori Taniguchi

Kimiko

Yūko Kusunoki

Shigako Shimegi

Mie

Setsuko Amamiya

Katase

Kinshirô Iwao

Prefectural bureau chief

Keisuke Yukioka

Shozo Kageyama

Masami Shimojō

Oikawa

Eiken Shoji

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