Don't read this if you don't like spoilers.
Rated: NC-17 (formerly X)
1976
A movie directed by
Nagisa Oshima that documents the relationship between
Sada, a prostitute, and her
john,
Kichi. Filmed in France to avoid Japanese
pornography laws prohibiting display of the genitals, the movie details the course of sexual obsession, from its innocuous beginnings as a
love-affair to the eventual progressions into the
objectification of sex and
sexual organs and
sado-masochism. Consumed by her
lust and desire to reach higher levels of sexual ecstacy, she and her lover engage in
asphyxiation in an attempt to heighten their orgasms.
Almost inevitably, Kichi dies from
suffocation. In perhaps the most
controversial part of the movie, Sada, still obsessed with his sex and driven at least partially insane, saws off his
package and carries it around wrapped up.
fun, eh?