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Lost Sex

Lost Sex

1966•1h 37m
Drama

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.

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Production

Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hideo Kanze

Hideo Kanze

The Master

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

The Housemaid

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Young man in the village

Daigo Kusano

Daigo Kusano

Young man in the village

Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto

Young girl

Yoshinobu Ogawa

Neighbor / Son

Kaori Shima

Neighbor / Son's Wife

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Gonpachi

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Neighbor / Writer

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Doctor

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