8 ½ Women
After his wife dies, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal, at the prompting of his playboy son Storey, populates his Geneva villa with eight-and-a-half concubines. Three are from Kyoto, where Storey manages Pachinco palaces. Each has a distinctive personality: a nun, a child bearer, a gambler, a student of Kabuki, a horsewoman with a pet pig, a maid. As a year passes, the women begin asserting their own power.
Cast
John Standing
as Philip Emmenthal
Matthew Delamere
as Storey Emmenthal
Vivian Wu
as Kito
Annie Shizuka Inoh
as Simato
Toni Collette
as Griselda
Claire Johnston
as Amelia, Philip's Wife
Polly Walker
as Palmira
Amanda Plummer
as Beryl
Elizabeth Berrington
as Celeste
Don Warrington
as Simon
