A father-in-law's 'rules' hide his own twisted agenda. Marriage has never been this transactional.
The chairman of a well-known company, Tabuchi, is troubled by his virgin son approaching 30 years of age. Thinking that marriage is what he needs, Tabuchi uses his power to arrange a marriage with the daughter of a general manager: Jingujji Nao. But the truth is that Tabuchi wants Nao too. And so, Tabuchi, posing as a strict father, forbids them to have premarital sex. Sending the son on a five-day business trip, where he executes his plan and puts Nao’s godly hips to good use…
Acting
Nao Jinguji navigates impossible tonal shifts with disturbing precision.
Direction
Kimura's clinical framing makes exploitation feel bureaucratic, somehow worse.
Director
Hiroyuki Kimura
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Reflects ongoing discourse in Japanese cinema about 'oyaji' (older male authority) corruption of family structures, often explored in pink film tradition.
The 150-minute runtime is deliberate—Kimura wants discomfort to accumulate past typical genre pacing, forcing viewer complicity through duration.
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