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30 April 1993 (USA) moreTagline:
Erotic sex or dangerous fantasy?Plot:
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Beyond Surfaces moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Miho Nikaido | ... | Ai |
| Sayoko Amano | ||
| Tenmei Kano | ||
| Kan Mikami | ||
| Masahiko Shimada | ... | Mr. Ishioka (Mr. Satoh) |
| Yayoi Kusama | ||
| Chie Sema |
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Sex Dreams of Topaz (Hong Kong: English title) (X-rated version)Tokyo Decadence (USA)
Topaz
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Rated NC-17 for strong, explicit, sado-masochistic sexuality.Parents Guide:
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135 min | USA:112 min | Italy:92 min (heavily cut)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Italy:VM18 | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2007) | Argentina:18 | Australia:(Banned) | Canada:R | France:-16 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17Fun Stuff
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A shimmering brightness infuses "Tokyo Decadence". The neon-blasted streets, the eerie, artificial glow of offices and hotel rooms, even the translucent glow of daylight insinuates under the skin of the film.
The antiheroine of the film passes through a sexual Seven-Circles-of-Hell in Tokyo, used and battered by clients, gangsters and even friends who ply her with drugs and subversive sex. None of the sexuality is erotic, but it's also not presented as obscene or tragic. The spare, minimal approach to the dialogue heightens the tension and sense of dislocation. The film presents sex as a matter-of-fact commodity, flesh as spiritual bargaining tool in return for a temporary escape from alienation and fear.
It's an intriguing film, difficult to watch but rich in visual beauty and its subtextual dimensions are quite rewarding. The film fetishizes everything to the point of abstraction. The city of Tokyo becomes a gleaming morass of lights, skyscrapers and soullessness.
A brutal and delicate work of art.