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Lost Sex(1966)
Status: Released
Date: 1966-08-27
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Time: 1h 37m
Overview:
A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring, the sympathetic housekeeper suggests that the Master observe the Yobai , a custom in which the young men of a village steal into the bedrooms of susceptible women to have sex.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies:
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Movie: Lost Sex
Top 10 Billed Cast
観世栄夫
The Master
乙羽信子
The Housemaid
江角英明
Young man in the village
草野大悟
Young man in the village
宮本信子
Young girl
殿山泰司
Gonpachi
東野英治郎
Neighbor / Writer
宇野重吉
Doctor
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Overview
A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring, the sympathetic housekeeper suggests that the Master observe the Yobai , a custom in which the young men of a village steal into the bedrooms of susceptible women to have sex.
Release Date
1966-08-27
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