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A Pool Without Water

Original title: Mizu no nai pûru
  • 1982
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
643
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A Pool Without Water (1982)
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Inspired by an actual crime involving chloroform, this revolutionary film shows the everyday madness of a railroad employee.Inspired by an actual crime involving chloroform, this revolutionary film shows the everyday madness of a railroad employee.Inspired by an actual crime involving chloroform, this revolutionary film shows the everyday madness of a railroad employee.

  • Director
    • Kôji Wakamatsu
  • Writer
    • Eiichi Uchida
  • Stars
    • Yûya Uchida
    • Mie
    • Reiko Nakamura
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    643
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kôji Wakamatsu
    • Writer
      • Eiichi Uchida
    • Stars
      • Yûya Uchida
      • Mie
      • Reiko Nakamura
    • 3User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Yûya Uchida
    Yûya Uchida
    • Man
    Mie
    Mie
    • Jun
    Reiko Nakamura
    • Nerika
    Yumiko Fujita
    • Sumie
    Akemi Shima
    • Miku
    Fujio Akatsuka
    • Police Chief
    Shigeru Daikohara
    • Son
    Yoshio Harada
    Yoshio Harada
    • Owner
    Seitarô Kuroda
    • Drunkard
    Megumi Saki
    • Woman in the shade of a tree
    Kenji Sawada
    Kenji Sawada
    • Yakuza
    Tamori
    • Camera shop owner
    Fujio Tokita
    Fujio Tokita
    • Detective
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Taiji Tonoyama
    • Phamacist
    Emi Ueda
    • Daughter
    Rikiya Yasuoka
    Rikiya Yasuoka
    • Yakuza's follower
    • Director
      • Kôji Wakamatsu
    • Writer
      • Eiichi Uchida
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    4ebiros2

    Frustrated middle aged man takes it out on sleeping women

    This movie based on an actual event that occurred in Japan, is in the vein of Michael Douglas' "Falling Down" except that the character instead of using violence, takes it out on women that he subdues.

    The man (Yuya Uchida) is a ticket puncher working for the Japanese railway. He has a dead end job and a wife that hounds him when he goes home. One day he saves Jun (Mie) from getting raped. He sneaks into her house few days later but gets discovered. Again few days later, as he's watching his son subduing an insect using chemical gets an idea to subdue women while they're sleeping so he won't be discovered while he sneaks into their home. He goes out and buys Chloroform to use to this end and puts together a gear so he himself won't be affected. He first uses this on Jun while she's sleeping, and later on Nerika (Reiko Nakamura) to relieve his frustration. His life if not already at a low point, from that point starts to take a further downward spiral.

    For a movie with rather an underground theme, the cast and crew are all star quality. Many of the celebrities then who are still active today appears in this movie. Relative new comer Reiko Nakamura takes the center stage as the interest of the man. Her beauty is the key for this movie's success.

    Yuya Uchida plays the role of frustrated middle aged man, and he expresses pathos that is perfect for this part. Interesting plot, and the motive of the man makes this movie one of a kind cult classic.
    8HumanoidOfFlesh

    Koji Wakamatsu's subtle pinku drama.

    Kôji Wakamatsu's "A Pool Without Water" tells the story of a frustrated ticket-puncher(Yuya Uchida)who works on the Tokyo underground.During one rainy night he saves a woman from being gang-raped by two attackers.But he can't impress women,so he gets a large amount of chloroform and starts stalking various girls including his favourite waitress named Nerika.First he sprays their rooms with chloroform making them unconscious and then rapes them.He prepares breakfasts for Nerika after raping her."A Pool Without Water" is a surprisingly gentle pinku drama in comparison to various other pinku eiga/Roman Porno/violent pink movies of 70's and early 80's.The acting is pretty believable and the story is captivating.8 Polaroids out of 10.

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    • Release date
      • January 23, 1982 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 無水之池
    • Production company
      • Wakamatsu Production
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $668
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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