Sadistic Masochistic + Wife to be Sacrificed (2) Masaru Konuma
6274DVD
TWO EXTRAORDINARY MOTION PICTURES in ONE PACKAGE
Feature
1:
SADISTIC AND MASOCHISTIC (2000)
[above & below]
director: Hadeo Nakata
starring: Masaru Konuma · Naomi Tani · Koyu Ohara
After director Nakata made RING,
he turned his camera to the documentary world and delivered this amazing
expose of Japan's preoccupation with S&M, concentrating especially
on the work of Masaru Konuma. After the release of this motion picture,
Mr Konuma was finally honored as a "true master" of cinema
and he has since become a superstar in Japan.
SIDE NOTE:
In 1998, Asian Cult Cinema magazine interviewed
Konuma (see issue ACC
22). He was asked: "Who is Japan's most underappreciated director·"
He replied: "Besides me·"
Today - a few short years laters - he is considered a Japanese icon.
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Feature 2:
WIFE TO BE SACRIFICED (1974)
[below]
director:
Masaru Konuma
starring: Naomi Tani · Terumi Azuma · Nagatoshi Sakamoto
· Yuka Akane
Meanspirited but
mesmerizing. The studio·s biggest hit of 1974 and one of Nikkatsu·s
Top 5 movies of all time! Naomi Tani plays a woman captured and tormented
by her estranged husband. He disciplines her vehemently and and soon she
grows to appreciate the joys of torture. This leads to even more sadistic
games when the husband kidnaps two young people who become involved in
the sick abuse.
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Two
Japanese Films; original screen formats, both films are uncut (91 +
81 min.) version in DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on any
American DVD machine; in Japanese language with removable English subtitles.
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Graphic Violence/Adult Material/Nudity/Sexual Brutality/S&M:
For Mature Audiences Only
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