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A Pool Without Water

A Pool Without Water

19825.21h 43m

Overview

After saving a girl from rape, a bored rail worker finds out about a chemical that makes people sleep and gets carried away into a new, violent world of ideas.

Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu
Written by Eiichi Uchida
Produced by Kazuo Shimizu, Hiroyuki Asaoka
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Top Cast

Yuya Uchida

Yuya Uchida

Man

Mie

Mie

Jun

Yumiko Fujita

Yumiko Fujita

Sumie

Reiko Nakamura

Reiko Nakamura

Nerika

A

Akemi Shima

Miku

M

Megumi Saki

Woman in the shade of a tree

Kenji Sawada

Kenji Sawada

Yakuza

Rikiya Yasuoka

Rikiya Yasuoka

Yakuza Henchman

Fujio Tokita

Fujio Tokita

Detective

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Owner

Themes & Keywords

rapeeroticismerotic fantasychloroform

About A Pool Without Water

A Pool Without Water is a drama, crime, romance film released in 1982 exploring themes of rape, eroticism, erotic fantasy, chloroform. Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu, it stars Yuya Uchida, Mie, Yumiko Fujita. After saving a girl from rape, a bored rail worker finds out about a chemical that makes people sleep and gets carried away into a new, violent world of ideas.

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