A beautiful young woman, born of a visiting foreign father, is sold into a life of prostitution during the Reconstruction period of Japan. This film chronicles the life of this unfortunate soul, in both the good times ...展开and the bad...
this is an unusual entry from the director of SHOGUN'S SADISM and VIRGIN BREAKER YUKI... not that the genre or story is so far outside of these films, but the execution here is surprisingly restrained, telling the story as a heartfelt tragedy rather than a shocking exploitation opus. Even without extreme gore and much nudity, the film is beautifully shot, constantly roaming from one plot to the next, and is perhaps the most accessible and beautiful film the ever-impressive Makiguchi has made yet. Just go in knowing it's not a sex-n-violence fest and I think we all might justl be pleasantly surprised.