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The Call Of Flesh (1964)

The Call Of Flesh poster
Original title
女体
Directed by
Hideo Onchi
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman navigates her desires and survival in postwar Japan, adapting stories from two novels. She confronts societal constraints and her own impulses in a black-and-white drama.

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What happens

『女体』(じょたい)は、1964年(昭和39年)9月19日公開の東宝の製作・配給による日本映画。 田村泰次郎の小説『肉体の門』と『埴輪の女』の両作品のストーリーをベースに、恩地日出夫が脚色・監督した。上映時間95分、モノクロ、東宝スコープ。同時上映は『甘い汗』(監督:豊田四郎)。同年公開の鈴木清順による『肉体の門』(製作・配給:日活)との競作になった。 公開時のキャッチコピーは「私を満たして!飢えた現代に逆流する奔放な女の本能!」。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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