
Romance(1999)
Frustrated by the lack of intimacy in her relationship, a young schoolteacher goes through a series of intimidating and often violent sexual partners.


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.

Yuya Uchida
Man

Mie
Jun

Yumiko Fujita
Sumie

Reiko Nakamura
Nerika
Akemi Shima
Miku
Megumi Saki
Woman in the shade of a tree

Kenji Sawada
Yakuza

Rikiya Yasuoka
Yakuza Henchman

Fujio Tokita
Detective

Yoshio Harada
Owner
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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