The read
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
105 audience votes
Key crew
- Yasuzō MasumuraDirector
- Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer
- Yoshio ShirasakaScreenplay
Cast
- Eiji FunakoshiMichio
- Mako MidoriAki
- Noriko SengokuShino
Stills
Themes
bondagesexual obsessionsadomasochismmodelbased on short storyaggressiveblind mancomplexintense