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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Cast

John Standing

Philip Emmenthal

Matthew Delamere

Storey Emmenthal

Vivian Wu

Kito

Annie Shizuka Inoh

Simato

Toni Collette

Griselda

Claire Johnston

Amelia, Philip's Wife

Polly Walker

Palmira

Amanda Plummer

Beryl

Elizabeth Berrington

Celeste

Don Warrington

Simon

Kirina Mano

Mio

Natacha Amal

Giaconda