Drama · Japan · 1968 · 1h 35m

The House of the Sleeping Virgins

眠れる美女

Director

Cast

Takahiro Tamura as Eguchi Yoshiko Kayama as Kikko Matsuoka as Sanae Nakahara as Hisano Yamaoka as Yasuko - Eguchi's wife Hyo Kitazawa as Old Kiga

Crew

Masamichi Satoh — Director of Photography Hisao Enoki — Editor Sei Ikeno — Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō — Writer Yasunari Kawabata — Novel Hisao Itoya — Producer

Synopsis

About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share the bed for a whole night with a girl without attempting anything of bad taste like putting a finger inside their mouths.

Key Collaborators

Kōzaburō Yoshimura Director Masamichi Satoh Director of Photography Hisao Enoki Editor Sei Ikeno Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō Writer Yasunari Kawabata Novel Hisao Itoya Producer Michiyoshi Takashima Producer Naotake Satsumoto Production Design

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