Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
- Hisashi YamanouchiScreenplay
Cast
- Hiroyuki NagatoSatoru
- Misako WatanabeShima
- Kō NishimuraPharmacist
- Sanae NakaharaRyuko
- Taiji TonoyamaRamen shop owner
- Takeshi KatōBrutal yakuza
- Shoichi OzawaA teacher
- Reiji AkitsuDetective
- Shinsuke AshidaCast
- Nobuo KawakamiCast
- Chieko MisakiKiyo
- Ichirō SugaiKinzo Onoyu
Stills
Themes
japanese noir