Whirlpool of Flesh

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.

Cast

Noboru Nakaya

as Keikichi Nunami

Kazuko Inano

as Sugako Nunami

Tamio Kawachi

as Kenichi Sekiguchi

Sadako Sawamura

as Tomiko Sekiguchi

Kaori Taniguchi

as Hiroko Shimura

Yūko Kusunoki

as Kimiko

Shigako Shimegi

Setsuko Amamiya

as Mie

Kinshirô Iwao

as Katase

Keisuke Yukioka

as Prefectural bureau chief

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