Guilty of Romance
(2011)
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Guilty of Romance
(2011)
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Miki Mizuno | ... |
Kazuko Yoshida
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Makoto Togashi | ... |
Mitsuko Ozawa
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| Megumi Kagurazaka | ... |
Izumi Kikuchi
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Kazuya Kojima | ... |
Shoji
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Satoshi Nikaido | ... |
Masao Yoshida
(as Satoshi Nikaidô)
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Ryûju Kobayashi | ... |
Kaoru
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Shingo Gotsuji | ... |
Kazuo Kimura
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Motoki Fukami | ... |
Maki Martini
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Chika Uchida | ... |
Eri Doi
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Marie Machida | ... |
Mari
(as Marî Machida)
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Ryô Iwamatsu | ... |
Supermarket manager
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Hisako Ohkata | ... |
Shizu Ozawa
(as Hisako Ôkata)
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Kanji Tsuda | ... |
Yukio Kikuchi
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| Cynthia Cheston | ... |
Prostitute
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Mae Ohtsuka |
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Sion Sono, the tantalising director of the unforgettable Love Exposure (2009) and the chilling Cold Fish (2010) brings another dramatic tale to life in his 2011 debut, Guilty of Romance.
A drama thriller loosely based on the real-life murder of Yasuko Watanabe, a prostitute working the late night streets of Tokyo's Shibuya district in 1997, Sono's take on the events are far from a half-hearted attempt.
Of course, having seen most of Sono's work, the graphic content portrayed in Guilty of Romance may deem shocking to some who, either aren't familiar with Sono's work or Japanese cinema in particular; but to me, I was the least surprised...
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