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.
Cast
Hiroyuki Nagato
Satoru
Misako Watanabe
Shima
Kō Nishimura
Pharmacist
Sanae Nakahara
Ryuko
Taiji Tonoyama
Ramen shop owner
Takeshi Katō
Brutal yakuza
Shoichi Ozawa
A teacher
Reiji Akitsu
Detective
Shinsuke Ashida
Unknown
Nobuo Kawakami
Unknown
Chieko Misaki
Kiyo
Ichirō Sugai
Kinzo Onoyu
Kaku Takashina
Unknown
Shuntaro Tamamura
Unknown
Makiko Tsunoda
Unknown
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Unknown
Shizuko Kasagi
(uncredited)
Kayo Matsuo
(uncredited)
Tomiko Hattori
(uncredited)
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Director, Screenplay
Hisashi Yamanouchi
Screenplay
Shinji Fujiwara
Novel
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Kirio Urayama
Assistant Director
Kanō Ōtsuka
Production Design
Norio Iwakura
Sound
Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Director
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Akane Shiratori
Script Supervisor
Hironobu Sakurai
Production Manager
Kimihiko Nakamura
Art Direction
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