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XX: Beautiful Prey

1996 · 100 min

A stylish, unsettling plunge into desire and danger, where eroticism and dread coil together and the line between hunter and prey keeps blurring.

Directed by
Toshiharu Ikeda
Genres
Thriller, Action, Romance
Overview
This Japanese thriller finds a sexy policewoman becoming entangled in Japan's S&M underground while investigating a gruesome murder. Soon, her investigation has led her to a seductive sadist and his equally appealing masochist victim. Falling prey to her suspects' powerful allure, she struggles to extricate herself from an increasingly torrid affair to solve the mystery she set out to investigate.
How it feels
Dark, tense, eerie and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Obsession, identity, power, deception
Content
Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
Note
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Directed by
Toshiharu Ikeda
Genres
Thriller, Action, Romance
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In this series

XX

  1. XX: Beautiful WeaponMovie · 1993
  2. XX: Beautiful HunterMovie · 1994
  3. XX: Beautiful BeastMovie · 1995
  4. XX: Beautiful TargetMovie · 1995
  5. XX: Beautiful Killing MachineMovie · 1996
  6. XX: Beautiful PreyMovie · 1996 This title
  7. XX: Graceful Beautiful BeastMovie · 1997
  8. Another XX: Matori WomanMovie · 1998

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
thriller, action, romance, horror
Directed by
Toshiharu Ikeda
Written by
Setsu Yamaguchi, Tamiya Takebashi
Starring
Ren Osugi, Kei Marimura, Makiko Watanabe, Minori Terada, Atsushi Okuno
Music
Fuji-Yama
Cinematography
Haruhi Taguchi
Runtime
100 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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