One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She invites Ichiro back to a hotel where they make love but part without even exchanging names. A week later, they have a second chance encounter at the observatory. This time, Ichiro is the one who pursues her. Back at the hotel, Akiko begs Ichiro to give her sister – Kyoko, a bar hostess – absolute hell. Akiko resents her sister for lecturing on chastity, while wantonly indulging in promiscuous activity. Ichiro takes an interest in Kyoko and sets out towards her bar…
Direction
Nakahira's claustrophobic framing of desire and deceit
Writing
Cruel, precise dialogue about masks people wear

Director
Kō Nakahira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Nikkatsu's 1960s 'borderless' films that pushed against studio constraints with sexually frank material before the pink film boom.
Director Kō Nakahira made Crazed Fruit (1956), the film that launched Yūjirō Ishihara and the taiyōzoku (Sun Tribe) genre.
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