Love Exposure
A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
Director:
Shion SonoWriters:
Shion Sono (screenplay), Shion Sono (story)Stars:
Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô | See full cast and crew »Storyline
Three emotionally abused people from the fringes of society get locked
in a convoluted love triangle. Yuu, a Catholic boy searching for true
love ends up taking erotic photographs of women in public until he
discovers Yoko, whom he sees as his Virgin Mary. Yoko, an antifamily,
misandristic girl finds that her foster mother will be marrying Yuu's
father. Koike, an "original sinner", coordinates a plan to convert Yuu's
family to her cult. Under her careful direction, their lives come
crashing together in one fateful street fight. Written by
Anonymous
User Reviews
Profound, Provocative & Pretty Wild
This is a four hour
film from Sion Sono, who has directed "Suicide Club" and "Exte", amongst
other films. He certainly is a maverick and this film continues to
cement his reputation. The film is about the young Yu, played
excellently by Takahiro Nishijima, whose father became a Catholic priest
after his mom dies. The story more or less tells his life for one year
starting with age 17. He falls in with a ragtag group of petty thieves,
thus discovering sin. What we then find out is he is a master of the
upskirt camera shot. You watch as he does martial arts moves to get the
pictures. This garnered the loudest laughs from the sell out crowd at
the Japan Society in New York where I saw the premiere. He then meets
the rough around the edges but very pretty Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima) and
also the somewhat creepy Sakura Ando, whose character tries to lure Yu
and his family (which soon includes Yoko, whose guardian is dating Yu's
priest dad) to a religious cult. Yoko means everything to Yu, so he
tries to stop this. This film can be vulgar at times (you see copious
amounts of upskirt shots) and it also to a point bashes Catholicism, but
its also pretty powerful. The movie is not boring, despite its length.
Its best watched in a theater, since the reaction from the audience at
the premiere I went to enhanced the enjoyment. The only reason I didn't
give it a 10 was because of its sometime vulgarity, but I highly
recommend this film. Sion Sono is very impressive and this is a worthy
addition to his controversial but always intriguing career.
