The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family frequents.
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Hideko Takamine
Miho Nishigaki
Chikage Awashima
Ayako Kouno
Masayuki Mori
Keijiro Kouno
Tatsuya Nakadai
Minami
Yuriko Hoshi
Hiroko Kouno
Kumi Mizuno
Ruriko
Keiko Awaji
Fukuko
Chōko Iida
Miho no sobo
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Hanae
Chieko Nakakita
Toshiko Furuya
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Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.
When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.
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A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
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Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean.
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