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Bookmark this pageI Am an S+M Writer (2000)
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hiroki's excellent film (adapted from a novel by SM connoisseur Oniroku Dan) starts out as sex farce but turns into a strange and quite provocative vision of what sexual empowerment might really mean. Kurosaki (Kitano movie regular Osugi) is a failed novelist who has turned to writing SM porn to earn a buck. Lacking expertise and inspiration, he has his assistant Kawada (Murakami) hire models to strike bondage poses and describe their feelings. But his wife (Hoshi) isn't that keen on finding nubile young things tied up in the living room. She responds by flirting with her athletic English teacher - and then by having a sexually adventurous affair with Kawada, which effectively ends the marriage. Kurosaki recalls these events in retrospect, but shows no sign of having gained real self-knowledge and never addresses one central question: can sex really be a dictation sport?Author: TR
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- Mark Burrell said...
- Posted on Apr 08 2009 12:29 It all depends on one sexual orientation. I know my sexual desires lie where the Female is Dominant and is able to give me use, pain and abuse.
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Cast & crew
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Producer: Naoya Narita, Akira Fukunaga, Eiji Koide
Cast: Ren Osugi, Yoko Hoshi, Eri Yamazaki, Jun Murakami, William Brian Churchill full cast
Duration: 88 mins
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