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For legendary producer Pierre Braunberger (Shoot The Piano Player), it was the most enticing of challenges: Invite the three most controversial directors in modern erotic cinema to indulge their fantasies in one daring film. The result remains one of the most uniquely sensual motion pictures of our time.
In the first story from director Just Jaeckin (Emmanuelle, Gwendoline), a castaway sailor is rescued by a tribe of succulent native women – led by the stunning Laura Gemser of Black Emanuelle fame – who soon reveal their most unusual appetites. Then director Shuji Terayama (Fruits Of Passion, Throw Away Your Books Rally In the Streets) explores the haunting tale of a Japanese boy seduced by the riddle song of a village madwoman. And in the bold adaptation of a short story by De Maupassant, director Walerian Borowczyk (Immoral Women, The Beast) reveals the torrid liaison between a Parisian gentleman, a Follie Bergère prostitute and an unexpected surprise that hides in the night.
Original Release
06/27/1979
Cast
Name | Character |
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Roland Blanche | (segment "L'île aux sirènes") / Benoît (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Laura Gemser | (segment "L'île aux sirènes") / Malinka (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Catherine Gandois | Une sirène (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Marpessa Djian | Une sirène (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Hedwige De Mouroux | Une sirène (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Jean-Michel Ribes | Un marin (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Hiroshi Mikami | (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") / Akira adolescent (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Takeshi Wakamatsu | (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") / Akira adulte (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Keiko Niitaka | (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") / La mère (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Juzo Itami | (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Directors
Just Jaeckin, Walerian Borowczyk, Shūji Terayama
Writers
Walerian Borowczyk, Shūji Terayama, Kyoka Izumi, Rio Kishida, Jean-Michel Ribes, Guy de Maupassant
Cast
Name | Character |
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Roland Blanche | (segment "L'île aux sirènes") / Benoît (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Laura Gemser | (segment "L'île aux sirènes") / Malinka (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Catherine Gandois | Une sirène (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Marpessa Djian | Une sirène (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Hedwige De Mouroux | Une sirène (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Jean-Michel Ribes | Un marin (segment "L'île aux sirènes") |
Hiroshi Mikami | (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") / Akira adolescent (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Takeshi Wakamatsu | (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") / Akira adulte (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Keiko Niitaka | (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") / La mère (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Juzo Itami | (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Florence Delay | Narrator (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Hiromi Kawai | (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") |
Marie-Catherine Conti | (segment "L'armoire") / La jeune femme (segment "L'armoire") |
Yves-Marie Maurin | the customer (segment "L'armoire") / Le client (segment "L'armoire") |
Isabelle Jeannette | Une danseuse (segment "L'armoire") |
Michel Lévy | (segment "L'armoire") |
Alice Deneige | La vieille cantatrice (segment "L'armoire") |
Louis Lalanne | (segment "L'armoire") |
Rosette | Une danseuse (segment "L'armoire") |
Laurence Caubet | Une danseuse (segment "L'armoire") |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Pierre Braunberger | Executive Producer |
Jean-Paul De Vidas | Executive Producer |
Pierre Braunberger | Producer |
Editors
Tomoyo Oshima, Michèle Boëhm, Khadicha Bariha, Michèle Amsellem