Whirlpool of Flesh

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Noboru Nakaya
仲谷昇

Keikichi Nunami

Kazuko Inano
稲野和子

Sugako Nunami

Tamio Kawachi
川地民夫

Kenichi Sekiguchi

Sadako Sawamura
沢村貞子

Tomiko Sekiguchi

Kaori Taniguchi
谷口香

Hiroko Shimura

Yūko Kusunoki
楠侑子

Kimiko

Shigako Shimegi
しめぎしがこ

Setsuko Amamiya
Setsuko Amamiya

Mie

Kinshirô Iwao
巖金四郎

Katase

Keisuke Yukioka
雪丘恵介

Prefectural bureau chief

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    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.

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    1964-10-21

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