Antiporno (2016)

Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.

Director:

Sion Sono

Writer:

Sion Sono (screenplay)

Stars:

Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Fujiko

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ami Tomite	...	Kyôko
Mariko Tsutsui	...	Noriko
Fujiko
Sayaka Kotani
Tomo Uchino
Hirari Ikeda
Ami
Saki
Yûya Takayama
Mana Yoshimuta
Ami Fukuda
Honoka Ishibashi	...	(as Ai Shimomura)
Dai Hasegawa
Takumi Bando
Hideyuki Kobashi

Storyline

Young artist Kyoko (Ami Tomite) wreaks havoc on everyone that she encounters, her worst being reserved for simpering older assistant Noriko (Mariko Trutsui), whom she routinely humiliates-or at least that's what seems to be happening, before an abrupt about-face. Outrageous rabble-rouser Sono's contribution to the Roman Porno redux series contains plenty of sex, but is also a fourth-wall breaking, experimental study of feminine agency set against outlandish, eye-popping backdrops.

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Plot Keywords:

nipples | creamy legs | pubic hair | painting | toilet | 

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Taglines:

Freedom? What's that?

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in ARfRA: Why are Japanese films so extreme? (2018)

User Reviews

Definitely not a Marvel

Well, let's say... it's not simple at all. You need to know some works of Japanese cinematography and paths they leads, 'cause otherwise Anchiporuno will be a big pile of trash with screaming naked girls and messed storyline. Actually it is. But digging deeper expose another level - a brilliant poetic style and very sensual emotion, just like dissonance sonates in early XX's. It's a searching, passion, movement and goal of what's happens in the movie.

Plus naked screaming girls. Don't forget, this is important.

Or just I think so.

I don't think that it has some message, pointing to sexual problems of Japanese society (but if you find it, that's okay, I'm not judging), rather uncertain sense of madness binding by personal disorder. Sexual ego jumping upside down, but in some kind of wild baroque dance.

Awesome.

When you're watching works by Sion Sono you can't just rate it in half-ten stars or seven, or any other way, you either catch his wave or spit on the screen in agony. This one is a perfect Sono- catching.

P.S. Mariko Tsutsui acting is 10/10.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Database Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

29 December 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Antiporno

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$294

Company Credits

Production Co:

Django Film, Nikkatsu

Technical Specs

Runtime:

76 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1