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Blind sculptor Michio (Eiji Funakoshi) is obsessed with model Aki (Mako
Midori) and desperately wants to make a sculpture of her. Thing is, to
really make this sculpture, he has to touch her and feel her everywhere,
since he is blind - and understandably, Aki isn't very keen on that. So Michio
kidnaps her with the help of his mother (Noriko Sengoku) and locks her
into his studio that's filled with some giant sculptures, mostly of naked
bopdies. Aki's horrified of course, and at first she tries her utmost to
escape, but with limited success, so eventually she decides on a different approach and charms her way into
Michio's heart ... much to the dismay of his mother. Eventually, Aki tries
to play Michio and his mother against each other, which ends in Michio
accidently killing his mother. Still, Aki doesn't manage to get away. So ultimately, Aki gives in to whatever Michio is up to
... and more and
more, she even starts to identify with him, so much so that she eventually gets
blind herself - and that's when things start to really get weird
out of control ...
Despite being however loosely based on a story by Japan's prime horror
writer Edogawa Rampo, this is a deeply disturbing and disturbingly
perverted movie that from today's point of view would most certainly not
pass the political correctness test - but then again, this is not just a
piece of depraved sex cinema, as it's elegantly directed, its sets and art
direction are outstanding and put to excellent use, and as sexually
provocative as the script is on first impression, it's also well-written,
offering plenty of insight into an obsession gone horribly wrong
(something also mirrored in the set design), and has an intellectual ring
to it.
Most certainly recommended - if not necessarily to the faint-hearted or the political
correctness advocates.
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