Pfahl in meinem Fleisch

Persona without the pretense. In Tokyo's kinetic late 1960s underworld, a bar owner and his queen bee find their affair threatened by a younger hustler. The ensuing love triangle unleashes suppressed trauma. A landmark of the Japanese New Wave.

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Toshio Matsumoto directed Pfahl in meinem Fleisch in 1969. See Toshio Matsumoto's full filmography, where to start with Toshio Matsumoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Toshio Matsumoto.

Pfahl in meinem Fleisch was released in 1969 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 105 minutes.