Phone sex leads to murder in this fever dream of guilt and desire.
A black clad woman murders a man that she had just met by chance through a phone sex club.
Direction
Zeze elevates exploitation into genuine existential dread.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched Tokyo becomes a moral wasteland.
Director
Takahisa Zeze
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Japan's 'Pink film' tradition, where Zeze was a leading auteur who infused exploitation with serious artistic ambition.
The title 'Raigyo' refers to a fish that dies after spawning, mirroring Noriko's self-destructive cycle of intimacy and annihilation.
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