Love Exposure
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Cast & Crew
Sion Sono
Takahiro Nishijima
Hikari Mitsushima
Sakuro Ando
Makiko Watanabe
Atsuro Watabe
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Synopsis
Tokyo teen Yu Honda is the traumatized son of a widower-cum-Catholic priest, who begins a sexual liaison with parishioner Kaori. When Dad's affair comes to a halt, he begins admonishing his son to confess to so many sins that the 17-year-old takes up new ones to appease his father's increased religious zeal. One "sin" - surreptitiously taking candid photographs of panties worn by female pedestrians - becomes a vocation. Unfortunately, a deal with a porn company comes undone when Yu turns down starring roles, because he admits he's saving himself for a Virgin Mary-like ideal woman. On cue, the narrative introduces feisty schoolgirl Yoko, who loathes men and enjoys beating them up for their moronic attitudes. Yu falls in love and tries to win her, fully aware that exposure of his superstar status will enrage her. Observing the development of this bizarre courtship is religious cult rep Aya Koike. Aya not only wants to claim Yoko for herself but aims to convert each of the protagonists to her own spiritual cause. Pointed violence ensues at various intervals, beginning with Aya's castration of her comatose father.
Director
Sion Sono
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States Fall September 2, 2011
Released in United States July 2009
Limited Release in United States Fall September 2, 2011 (New York City)
Released in United States July 2009 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Another View - Tokyo FilmeX Presents) July 3-11, 2009.)
