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Director:

Banmei Takahashi

Writers:

Nobuyoshi Araki (story)
Sho Kenzan (writer)
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Release Date:

17 December 1994 (Japan) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance more

Plot:

A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

6 wins more

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Cast

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Sawa Suzuki ... Rei
Reiko Kataoka ... Ayumi
Aya Sugimoto ... Saeko
Hiromitsu Suzuki ... Doctor
Tomorowo Taguchi ... Man with a knife
Takashi Matsuo ... Journalist
Toshi Shioya ... Master
Suzuki Matsuo ... Matsuki
Yoshihiko Hakamada ... Host
Shinji Takeda ... Toru
Shô Aikawa ... Jiro
Nagare Hagiwara ... Sawanobori
Tetsu Watanabe
Shirô Shimomoto
Nobuyoshi Araki ... Photographer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

A New Love in Tokyo
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Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Japan:R-18

Company:

G Company more


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Trivia:

First official Japanese production to be shown in theaters uncensored and with full frontal nudity unfogged. more


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I understand! I understand! I'll listen to everything you say!, 20 July 2009
7/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

Nobuyoshi Araki is one of Japan's leading photographers. His photos woven throughout the film were a highlight to me.

Sawa Suzuki was Rei, an aspiring actress who made money as a dominatrix while she worked on getting parts. Beats waiting tables, I would imagine.

Reiko Kataoka is Ayumi, who pretends to be an underage prostitute (the middle aged men like that) to save money to get married to her boyfriend, who is trying to get into medical school (he doesn't know what she does).

Rei and Ayumi become friends, so we experience their lives outside of work. It is not a picture of Japan that is familiar. They could be girls out for a good time in any major city. In fact, you could call them BFFs and look upon this as a chick flick were it not for the sex. I would guess that females aged 18-29 would give it the highest ratings.

Not being overly familiar with domination, I found that part very interesting. That businessmen and even Yakuza could subject themselves to humiliation to reduce stress was fascinating.

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