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Love Exposure

2008 · 237 min

A wild, sprawling epic that swings from outrageous comedy to profound spiritual drama, demanding patience but rewarding with raw emotional intensity.

Tagline
Jesus, forgive these morons.
Overview
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing - which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian - dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • faith
  • family
  • obsession
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour6
Realism5
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Sion Sono
Written by
Sion Sono
Starring
Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Ando, Makiko Watanabe, Atsuro Watabe, Yutaka Shimizu, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
237 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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