The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A former Buddhist monk turned erotic filmmaker, Subuyan lives with hairdresser Haru and her two teenage children. Shooting two skin flicks per day, he somehow manages to stay out of the clutches of the yakuza, but real trouble starts when Haru discovers him lusting after her daughter.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
- Koji NumataScreenplay
Cast
- Shoichi OzawaSubuyan Ogata
- Sumiko SakamotoHaru Matsuda
- Ganjirō Nakamura IIShiratori
- Chōchō MiyakoBrothel Madame
- Haruo TanakaBanteki
- Keiko SagawaKeiko Matsuda
- Masaomi KondoKoichi Matsuda
- Kō NishimuraDetective Sanada
- Ichirō SugaiShun Ogata
- Shinichi NakanoKabo
- Asao UchidaFurukawa
- Kazuo KitamuraDoctor
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Themes
based on novel or bookfilm in filmosaka, japanjapanese new wavecarp