Endless Desire

Endless Desire

1958
★★★☆☆ 6.5/10
⏱️ 101 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 JA
Drama
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.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Crew

Director
Shōhei Imamura
Writer
Shōhei Imamura, Hisashi Yamanouchi

Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Keywords

japanese noir