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Tokyo Decadence

1992 · 113 min

A numb, drifting descent through neon-lit degradation, watching a woman endure humiliation in near-silence until a strange, fragile hope surfaces.

Tagline
Erotic sex or dangerous fantasy?
Overview
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • obsession
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Ryū Murakami
Written by
Ryū Murakami
Starring
Miho Nikaido, Sayoko Amano, Tenmei Kano, Kan Mikami, Masahiko Shimada, Yayoi Kusama, Chie Sema, Hiroshi Mikami
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
113 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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