A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
Direction
Ōshima's ice-cold formalism against volcanic content.
Cinematography
Those amber-lit interiors feel like a fever dream.
Acting
Matsuda and Fuji's total physical commitment—unsimulated and unflinching.
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
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