Endless Desire
1958, Japanese. Directed by Shōhei Imamura.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 18 November 1958
- Original title
- 果しなき欲望
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shōhei Imamura, Hisashi Yamanouchi
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Endless Desire runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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Endless Desire isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 November 1958. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
What movies are like Endless Desire?
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Who directed Endless Desire?
Endless Desire (1958) was directed by Shōhei Imamura and stars Hiroyuki Nagato, Misako Watanabe, Kō Nishimura.