Pleasures of the Flesh

Pleasures of the Flesh

1965 · 91 min · JA · 5.8 (32 votes)
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · Starring Katsuo Nakamura, Mariko Kaga, Masako Yagi, Yumiko Nogawa, Toshiko Higuchi, Hiroko Shimizu · Music Joji Yuasa
DramaComedyCrime

After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret.

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A grubby, anxious descent into hedonism. It feels like a fever dream of illicit desires and impending doom, where every pleasure is tainted by the shadow of consequence. A sweaty, desperate chase against oneself.

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