8 ½ Women (1999)

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

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.

Cast (50)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

M

Manna Fujiwara

Giulietta/Half Woman

Natacha Amal

Giaconda

Barbara Sarafian

Clothilde

R

Ryota Tsuchiya

Simato's Brother

M

Myriam Muller

Marianne, Emmenthal Maid

P

Pol Hoffmann

Mourner

Tony Kaye

Mourner

Ann Overstall Comfort

Mourner

M

Malcolm Turner

Undertaker

Patrick Hastert

Man in Street

Julian Nest

First Man in Cinema

C

Ciaran Mulhern

Second Man in Cinema

J

John Overstall

Third Man in Cinema

D

Derek Kueter

Debt Collector

Jules Werner

Debt Collector

S

Sophie Langevin

Debt Collector Woman

D

Denise Gregoire

Sister Nun

Sascha Ley

Nun

B

Bettina Scheuritzel

Schwester Fatimah

R

Radica Vujicin

Nun

J

Jill Mercedes

Nun

D

Dean Harrington

American Businessman

N

Noriyuki Konishi

Korean Businessman

J

Jean-Gabriel Dupuy

French Businessman

S

Stéphane Prevot

French Businessman

Katsuya Kobayashi

Simato's Father

T

Takumi Matsui

Simato's Fiancé

K

Kiyosi Ishiguro

Brother Fiancé

Hairi Katagiri

Half Woman Companion

Y

Yurika Sano

Half Woman, 8 Years Old

S

Satomi Ando

Half Woman, 10 Years Old

Sachiko Meguro

Mio's Companion #1

H

Hisayuki Yoshioka

Mio's Companion #2

H

Hanji Mishima

Mio's Companion #3

T

Toyonosuke Fujima

Kabuki Father

K

Kango Fujima

Kabuki Son

S

Senyoichi Nishikawa

Kabuki Son

Vladimir Bogachov

Otello

Peter Greenaway

(uncredited)

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