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Wikipedia article
is a 1995 Japanese erotic film directed by Shji Tanaka and based on a story by Kenichi Yamakawa.
Synopsis
Ry Masuda (Toshio Kakei) is a SM movies director who asks a woman he meets on a crowded street to star in one of his films. The woman, Yumi Sakata, accepts on a whim but her expressive featuresin particular, her eyesmake that particular low-budget production into an unexpected hit. Ry is attracted to her but feels there is something dangerous or evil about her and doesn't want to have anything more to do with her. However, it isn't that simple.
Ry's girlfriend, Mayumi, is a dominatrix who services a very powerful man. Mayumi's client, Mr. Okonogi, wants Yumi to work in an S&M show club he owns. Mayumi fears she may be "sacrificed" if Mr. Okonogi doesn't get want he wants and she begs Ry to find Yumi and persuade her to go to the S&M club.
Ry finally persuades Yumi to go to the club with him and Mayumi by telling her that he loves her and that Mayumi is an ex-girlfriend from a long time ago. Yumi becomes a star dominatrix (even through the film Ry made showed her being whipped rather than whipping submissives as she does at the club).
Ry finds himself torn between his feelings for Mayumi and Yumi's expectations. He also stands to make a considerable amount of money as Yumi's "manager" and companion.
Mr. Okonogi, who defines sadism and masochism as "two sides of the same coin," and who enjoys watching as well as participating, refuses to let Mayumi retire. It appears that he has the power of life-and-death over her. One of Mayumi's female friends, Natsumi, commits suicide rather than continue working in the S&M industry. Mayumi goes to the funeral. Ry does not.
Cast
* Toshio Kakei as Ry Masuda
* Yoshiko Yura as Yumi Sakata
* Kumi Shiraishi as Mayumi Yamane (dominatrix)
* Ysuke Nakajima as Dai
* Renji Ishibashi as Rysaku Okunogi
Background and availability
While in Paris as a foreign exchange student in the early 1990s, Issei Sagawa was arrested for the murder and cannibalization of his girlfriend. After his return to Japan, he made an appearance in director Hisayasu Sat's pink film 'Promiscuous Wife: Disgraceful Torture' (1992), which made him into a cult celebrity.Weisser, p.473. 'Spanking Love' became his feature film debut.
Shji Tanaka filmed 'Spanking Love' for Japan Home Video and it was released in Japan by Daiei on May 6, 1995. Video Maker released it in VHS format in Japan on July 21, 1995, and it was re-released in VHS format on August 4, 2000. In their 'Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films' (1998), Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser gave the film a rating of two out of four stars. Media Blasters released the film in the U.S. in VHS and DVD format on their "Tokyo Shock" label on September 26, 2000.
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See also
*Sadism and masochism in fiction
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