Main Cast: Takeshi Ito, Simonn Kumai, You Suzuki, Kiyomi Ito, Koyoma Hageki
Release Year: 1988
Country: JP
Run Time: 60 minutes
Plot
This prize-winning pinku-eiga film was cult director Hisayasu Sato's second foray into gay themes, following the previous year's Kamen No Yuwaku, and can be viewed as a somewhat downmarket tribute to Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini. The plot concerns the editor of a muscle magazine who falls in love with one of his top models, only to accidentally cut off the young man's arm during a heavy-duty session of sadomasochistic sex play. Horrified at what he has done, the editor is sent to prison and a grim, self-loathing future. The editor worships Pasolini's films, and while he is in jail, the classic Salo: The 120 days of Sodom is released. The opportunity to someday see the film gives the convicted criminal the strength and hope to persevere. Somewhat contrived and slow-moving, the film nevertheless has some evocative moments. But Nuovo Cinema Paradiso it isn't. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Cast
Takeshi Ito - Ryuzaki
Simonn Kumai - Kitami
You Suzuki - Tida
Kiyomi Ito - Yoko
Koyoma Hageki - June
Hiroshi Makoto - Maze
Credit
Tadami Ohara - Director, Hisayasu Sato - Director, Takashi Zeze - Director, Seiji Sakai - Editor, So So Hayakawa - Composer (Music Score), Fumio Sato - Cinematographer, Syuji Kataoka - Producer, Taturo Komada - Producer, Shiro Yumeno - Screenwriter
