Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed. What's her secret?
Cast
Roland Blanche
(segment "L'île aux sirènes")
Marie-Catherine Conti
(segment "L'armoire")
Marpessa Dawn
a siren
Laura Gemser
(segment "L'île aux sirènes")
Jūzō Itami
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Hiromi Kawai
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Yves-Marie Maurin
the customer (segment "L'armoire")
Hiroshi Mikami
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Keiko Niitaka
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Takeshi Wakamatsu
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Crew
Walerian Borowczyk
Director, Writer
Shūji Terayama
Director, Screenplay
Just Jaeckin
Director
Jean-Michel Ribes
Writer
Guy de Maupassant
Writer
Rio Kishida
Screenplay
Izumi Kyōka
Book
Khadicha Bariha
Editor
Michèle Boëhm
Editor
Tomoyo Oshima
Editor
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Noël Véry
Director of Photography
Robert Fraisse
Director of Photography
Pierre Braunberger
Executive Producer
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