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Tokyo Decadence
Sex Dreams of Topaz
Japan 1992
produced by Chosei Funahara, Tadanobu Hirao, Yousuke Nagata, Akiuh Suzuki for Cinemabrain, JVD, Melsat
directed by Ryu Murakami
starring Miho Nikaido, Sayoko Amano, Tenmei Kano, Kan Mikami, Masahiko Shimada, Yayoi Kusama, Chie Sema, Hiroshi Mikami, Magayasu Ishihara, Nami Nosaki
screenplay by Ryu Murakami, based on his book, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Ai (Miho Nikaido) is a top speciality/fetish prostitute who can take
almost anything her customers throw at her without losing her submissive,
shy to timid and almost innocent attitude, and she has no problem being
humiliated. She also suffers from a broken heart, which is especially
painful as her ex has become a successful musician after their break-up
and has married another woman - and yet Ai has never stopped loving him. A
fortune teller (Yayoi Kusama) tells her to find a piece of jade and wear
it around her finger in order to get her ex back, but she loses the ring
at a customer's (Tenmei Kano), and trying to get it back she walks into a
yakuza execution and almost gets killed. Many a customer later, Ai is
hired for a threesome, sharing a customer with dominatrix Saki (Sayoko
Amano), a much more
practical woman who has become a prostitute to live off the decadence of
her country - and she has amassed a small fortune doing so, but she has
also developed a serious drug habit. And despite the two having little in
common, Ai and Saki quickly become good friends. Ultimately, Saki advises
Ai to pay her ex a visit to try to get him back. But she also drugs up Ai
to encourage her to a point where this spells to be a recipe for disaster
...
Now Tokyo
Decadence is not a film for those easily offended, as it is terribly
blunt, and actually shows as much as it can fet away with in a mainstream
movie - and that's pretty much in line with Ryu Murakami's larger body of
work especially as a writer, as he's never one to dodge a scandal. And he
seems to have put much love into the scenes of Ai's humiliation, so to
properly enjoy this movie, an at least basic understanding of the world of
BDSM sure helps. But what makes this movie is that besides all its
outrageous scenes it actually also has lots of heart, and Miho Nikaido's
performance at the center of the movie sure comes across relatable enough
to look beyond all the sex, torture and nudity and give her character the
necessary depth. That all said, certainly not a film for everyone, but if
you're not easily offended and can see behind the film's intended shock
value, you'll very probably find yourself entertained.
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