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Lustmord

1987 · 57 min

A cold, clinical descent into bodily obsession, shot with detached unease and a lingering sense of dread.

Overview
Eiji, a teenager eager to follow in his late father's scientific footsteps perfects one of his old experiments to diminish the barrier between pain and pleasure.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • obsession
  • identity
  • madness
  • grief
  • science
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror, science fiction
Directed by
Hisayasu Satō
Written by
Taketoshi Watari
Starring
Nanako Fujitani, Narutoshi Ishikawa, Kiyomi Itō, Hoshikawa Migu, Asami Yûki, Bunmei Tobayama, Yutaka Ikejima
Music
So Hayakawa
Cinematography
Toshihiko Uryu
Runtime
57 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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