8 ½ Women

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.

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  John Standing

  Philip Emmenthal
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  Matthew Delamere

  Storey Emmenthal
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  Vivian Wu

  Kito
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  Annie Shizuka Inoh

  Simato
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  Toni Collette

  Griselda
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  Claire Johnston

  Amelia, Philip's Wife
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  Polly Walker

  Palmira
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  Amanda Plummer

  Beryl
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  Elizabeth Berrington

  Celeste
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  Don Warrington

  Simon