Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked. Desperate for answers, they search for the attackers and come across a cult that promotes sexual freedom.
Direction
Jissoji's militant formalism—every frame a calculated provocation.
Cinematography
Stark black-and-white compositions that punish and seduce equally.
Writing
Philosophical dialogue that dares you to take it seriously.
Director
Akio Jissoji
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Jissoji's 'Buddhist Trilogy,' this film channels 1960s Japanese student radicalism into spiritual crisis. The 'erotic Buddhism' concept scandalized critics.
Hiroko Sakurai was a staple of Tsuburaya's Ultraman series; her casting here was deliberate disruption of her wholesome image.
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