Ryuzaki, an editor of Muscle Magazine, which features photographs of men with sculpted bodies, becomes involved with a man named Kitami; their affair soon becomes dominated by sadomasochistic games, with a horrid result. Jump ahead one year, Ryuzaki is released from jail and goes in search of Kitami, perhaps to make amends.
Direction
Satō's voyeuristic close-ups make every frame feel illicit.
Cinematography
Sweat-slicked bodies shot like horror movie victims.
Acting
Itō's hollow-eyed desperation carries the entire runtime.
Director
Hisayasu Satō
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