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MPAA Rating - NC17

Length:
    104 Minutes

Genre:
    Drama

Original Release Date:
    Jul 28, 1998

Director
    Nagisa Oshima

Cast
    Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri

 
Movie Summary
Based upon a true incident in 1930s Japan, Nagisa Oshimas controversial film effectively skirts the borderline between pornography and art -- making Bernardo Bertoluccis Last Tango in Paris of four years earlier look like childrens programming in comparison. The story concerns servant and former prostitute Sada Abe (Eiko Matsuda) who becomes sexually obsessed with her employer Kizicho (Tatsuya Fuji), a businessman, after seeing him making love to his wife. After making love to Sada, Kizicho becomes obsessed with her as well. As their love-making becomes more and more intense, they find themselves unable to separate themselves from each other, until every waking hour is spent in more and more dangerous sexual acts with Sada becoming more and more of the aggressor. Finally, for the ultimate in eroticism, Kizicho agrees to be strangled during sexual ecstasy for the ultimate in orgasmic fulfillment. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide


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