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Antiporno

2017 · 76 min

A dizzying, confrontational plunge into performance and trauma, where reality and fiction collapse in a riot of color and cruelty.

Tagline
Freedom? What's that?
Overview
Kyôko, a traumatized young Japanese girl, finds herself struggling with her self-confidence in her adult life. Growing up in a family without her mother and her sister, she constantly questions the rationale of sex and the notion of liberty in modern Japanese society.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • trauma
  • power
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour4
Realism4
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity9
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Sion Sono
Written by
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Starring
Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Honoka, Yûya Takayama, Fujiko, Ayaka Sasaki, Manami Usamaru, Tomo Uchino
Music
Susumu Akizuki
Cinematography
Maki Ito
Runtime
76 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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