Released:
1999-05-22

Overview:
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.

Director:
Peter Greenaway

Runtime:
2h 1min

Genre:
Drama, Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  John Standing
  as
  Philip Emmenthal
• 
  Matthew Delamere
  as
  Storey Emmenthal
• 
  Vivian Wu
  as
  Kito
• 
  Annie Shizuka Inoh
  as
  Simato
• 
  Toni Collette
  as
  Griselda