A group of four friends and lovers in their forties recall their past intimacies while trying to build new ones.
Eiji Okuda
Eiko Nagashima
Akira Emoto
Rino Katase
Noriko Hayami
Haruko Katō
Go Riju
Masahiko Tsugawa
Asako Kobayashi
Susumu Saji
Body and Soul is a drama film released in 1997. Directed by Haruhiko Arai, it stars Eiji Okuda, Eiko Nagashima, Akira Emoto. A group of four friends and lovers in their forties recall their past intimacies while trying to build new ones.
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