Love Exposure
2008 · Movie · 3h 57m · NR
ActionComedyDramaRomance
"Jesus, forgive these morons"
Overview
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working 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 Catholic guilt.
Ratings
IMDb
8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
78/100
Key crew
- Sion SonoDirector
- Sion SonoWriter
- Tomohide HaradaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Takahiro NishijimaYu
- Hikari MitsushimaYoko
- Sakura AndoKoike
- Makiko WatanabeKaori
- Atsuro WatabeTetsu Tsunoda
- Yutaka ShimizuYuji
- Hiroyuki OnoueTakahiro
- Tasuku NagaokaSenior
- Sow HirosawaKumi
- Yūko GenkakuKeiko
- Mami NakamuraYu's Mother
- Arata YamanakaMaster Lloyd's Disciple
Stills
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Themes
kung futransvestiteunderwearcultlovecross dressingporn industrytough girlphilosophicaljapanese girl herocomplexintense