Mandala

Mandala

1971 · 135 min · JA · 6.1 (20 votes)
Dir. Akio Jissoji · Starring Shin Kishida, Kōji Shimizu, Hiroko Sakurai, Ryo Tamura, Akiko Mori, Daigo Kusano · Music Toru Fuyuki · Buddhist Trilogy Collection
Drama

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.

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A hazy, dreamlike journey into the counterculture's underbelly. It's a sensual and disorienting exploration of sexual liberation and the unsettling allure of the unknown, wrapped in a psychedelic 70s aesthetic.

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