

"If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?"
Overview
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.

Amanda Plummer
Beryl

Elizabeth Berrington
Celeste

Don Warrington
Simon

Kirina Mano
Mio
Manna Fujiwara
Giulietta/Half Woman

Natacha Amal
Giaconda

Barbara Sarafian
Clothilde
Ryota Tsuchiya
Simato's Brother