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Dangerous Drugs of Sex

2020 · 89 min

A claustrophobic, unsettling descent into psychological torment and twisted intimacy, hard to watch and harder to shake.

Overview
An elite salaryman drunkenly tries to die by suicide, but is saved by a mysterious stranger who holds him captive and sexually torments him.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • power
  • trauma
  • sexuality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror6
Humour0
Realism5
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
thriller, drama, horror
Directed by
Hideo Jojo
Written by
Hideo Jojo
Starring
Takashi Kitadai, Sho Watanabe, Kohei Nagano, Ruri Shinato, Seiki Chiba, Sousuke Yamamoto, Fumio Moriya
Music
Guido Hayashi
Cinematography
Eiji Iinuma
Runtime
89 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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