After his wife dies, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal, at the prompting of his playboy son Storey, populates his Geneva villa with eight-and-a-half concubines. Three are from Kyoto, where Storey manages Pachinco palaces. Each has a distinctive personality: a nun, a child bearer, a gambler, a student of Kabuki, a horsewoman with a pet pig, a maid. As a year passes, the women begin asserting their own power.
Philip Emmenthal
Storey Emmenthal
Kito
Simato
Griselda
Amelia, Philip's Wife
Palmira
Beryl
Celeste
Simon
Mio
Giulietta/Half Woman
Giaconda
Clothilde
Simato's Brother
Marianne, Emmenthal Maid
Mourner
Mourner
Mourner
Undertaker
Man in Street
First Man in Cinema
Second Man in Cinema
Third Man in Cinema
Debt Collector
Debt Collector
Debt Collector Woman
Sister Nun
Nun
Schwester Fatimah
Nun
Nun
American Businessman
Korean Businessman
French Businessman
French Businessman
Simato's Father
Simato's Fiancé
Brother Fiancé
Half Woman Companion
Half Woman, 8 Years Old
Half Woman, 10 Years Old
Mio's Companion #1
Mio's Companion #2
Mio's Companion #3
Kabuki Father
Kabuki Son
Kabuki Son
Otello
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