director: Takashi Ishii
starring: Mitsu Dan · Yuki Mamiya · Hiroko Nakajima · Tsuyoshi Nakano · Naoto Takenaka

Director Takashi Ishii continues his dark journey into the forbidden realms of sado relationships. Many critics have concluded that - this time - he's gone too far. Certainly, this film is his most graphic - even by comparison to his two FLOWER AND SNAKE movies - and easily it's his most uncompromising venture. Cynical. Sexist. Abusive. Any of these words could describe this motion picture. But this controversial film is also thought-provoking.

The story deals with a high school freshman girl named Naoko who was kidnapped and imprisoned by a man who lived next door. She finally escapes the torture after killing him. Year later, Naoko - now a gynecologist - has a serious secret S&M fetish. Her fantasies lead to greater abuse as she tries to ease the memory of torment at the hands of the psychopath.

Recently, Takashi Ishii has been mostly associated with the aforementioned FLOWER AND SNAKE movies. But his career has spanned four decades, and includes the cult hits BRUTAL HOPELESSNESS OF LOVE, the BLACK ANGEL hitwoman films, GONIN, NIGHT IN THE NUDE: SALVATION and MY DOLLY GIRLFRIEND.

A Japanese film with optional English or Chinese subtitles; widescreen format,
totally uncut version (142 min!), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT,
playable on any American machine. Extras include trailers, bios, and featurette.

Nudity/Graphic Violence/Sexual Brutality/S&M/Whipping
for Adult Audiences