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Tokyo Decadence

Original title: Topâzu
  • 19921992
  • NC-17NC-17
  • 1h 52m
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Topâzu (1992)
  • Drama
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of app... Read allA submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
3.2K
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  • Director
    • Ryû Murakami
  • Writer
    • Ryû Murakami(book)
  • Stars
    • Miho Nikaido
    • Yayoi Kusama
    • Sayoko Amano
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  • Director
    • Ryû Murakami
  • Writer
    • Ryû Murakami(book)
  • Stars
    • Miho Nikaido
    • Yayoi Kusama
    • Sayoko Amano
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    • 20User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Miho Nikaido
    Miho Nikaido
    • Aias Ai
    Yayoi Kusama
    Yayoi Kusama
    • Fortunetelleras Fortuneteller
    Sayoko Amano
    • Sakias Saki
    Tenmei Kano
    • Ishioka (Mr. Satoh)as Ishioka (Mr. Satoh)
    Masahiko Shimada
    • Suzukias Suzuki
    Chie Sema
    • Opera Womanas Opera Woman
    Magayasu Ishihara
    Hiroshi Mikami
    Hiroshi Mikami
    Nami Nosaki
    Kan Mikami
    • Man in Restaurantas Man in Restaurant
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ryû Murakami
    • Writer
      • Ryû Murakami(book) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married. —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
    • bare breasts
    • dildo
    • man spanks a woman
    • heroin injection
    • female nudity
    • 87 more
    • Plot summary
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    • Taglines
      • Erotic sex or dangerous fantasy?
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated NC-17 for strong, explicit, sado-masochistic sexuality
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Quotes

      Ai: I've discovered that I have no talent - none whatsoever.

    • Alternate versions
      23 minutes, which included more nudity and explicit sex, were cut from the US version to prevent an X rating. Some of the scenes cut were:
      • The scene at the beginning is longer.
      • The scene with Mr. Satoh before he talks to his girlfriend is longer, including the scene showing him actually inserting the vibrator into Ai after she came out of the shower.
      • Ai licking both Mr. Satoh and his girlfriend as they are having sex.
      • Before Ai arrives to Mr. Satoh's room, they are slow-motion scenes showing Yakuza storming into Mr. Satoh's room, yelling at him for being a failure and restrains him. Despite his pleas, the Yakuza tie his girlfriend up and hooks her up with drugs, with him watching and being helpless to help her. The Yakuza then take turns sadistically raping and beating her.
      • Shortly after the guy says 'Let her go' referring to Ai, the scene returns to Satoh's bedroom where the Yakuza slashes the right side of her face with a tanto knife to show who's the boss, explaining why later her face is bandaged when she returns the ring to Ai. The scene then goes back to the lobby showing Ai running into the elevator scared. Miyuki, who was waiting for her, meets up with her after she gets out of the elevator. Seeing her terrified, Miyuki asks her what was wrong. Ai shakes her head saying everything was all right, it's just he wasn't home that's all. They then go to the young client's room.
      • The scene where the young client asks to be strangled is longer, showing Ai and Miyuki walking into his room being addressed as Mistress and Mistress Ai.
      • The masochism scene with Saki is longer.
    • Connections
      Featured in Interview with Ryu Murakami (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Llegué Llegué / Guararey de Pastorita
      (uncredited)
      Performed by Los Van Van

    User reviews20

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Decay and perversion
    Tokyo Decadence follows a prostitute on her way through the six gates of perversion forced upon her as her work demands. One of the imperatives of the trade is to never leave the client, something which makes her stay put in some pretty strange situations.

    Miho Nikaido does a good job in her role and shows a great range from subservient prostitute to desperate woman in search for love.

    The funniest part is when excellent whiskey-folk-punk musician Kan Mikami plays the bourgeois necrophiliac in search for a classic rape case where a girl got murdered.

    This is most likely Murakami Ryu's best work and is a excellent commentary to Japanese bubble-economy moral decay.
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    • Release date
      • April 30, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Токийский декаданс
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cinemabrain
      • Japan Video Distribution (JVD) Co. Ltd.
      • Melsat Inc.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $277,845
    • Gross worldwide
      • $277,845
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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