Movie

An Aria on Gazes

1992 · 65 min

A cold, sedated drift through nocturnal Tokyo, unsettling and quietly oppressive, with little warmth and a lingering sense of unease.

Overview: Housewife Kyoko begins moonlighting at a mysterious sex club as a means of rebelling against her boring salaryman husband Akihito. The Bedroom isn’t like any normal club, though: the female hostesses all take the powerful sedative Halcion to sleep through their encounters with the male clientele.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, identity, gender, power
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
gender
power
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong