Painful Bliss: Final Twist

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Painful Bliss: Final Twist

1977

1h 13m

4.9(9 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A young executive has a really bad night after an encounter with a crazed bisexual wannabe yakuza and his horny girlfriend.

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16 members

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鶴岡修

Toshio Kitayama

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遠藤征慈

Ryuji Kawasaki

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粟津號

Maruyama

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谷ナオミ

Akemi

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Jun Aki

Fusae

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長弘

Kitayama

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Shûji Kagawa

Detective

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木島一郎

Toda

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Reika Maki

Midori

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宮井えりな

Kumiko Hasegawa

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溝口拳

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Tessen Nakahira

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Toshihiko Oda

Yamada

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庄司三郎

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八代康次

Middle-aged man

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Ken Togoh

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