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Having grown up in a devout Christian family, Yu (Takahiro Nishijima) has always been a well-behaved kid. After his mother dies, his priest father is seduced by a woman who breaks his heart, causing him to torment Yu by forcing him to confess his sins on a daily basis. Of course, being a fairly normal kid, Yu has no legitimate sins to confess. To appease his increasingly demanding father, Yu is determined to become a true sinner, eventually training to become an expert at sneak upskirt photography. Pornography being the one sin no priest can overlook, Yu gets the attention he s been so desperately seeking from his dad.
One day while hanging out with his fellow sinner pals but dressed like Sasori as punishment for being on the losing end of a bet Yu meets a beautiful girl named Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima). Their first meeting is a glorious one, beginning with an all-out street brawl and ending with a kiss. There are only two problems: she thinks he s a woman and a devious cult leader named Aya (Sakura Ando) is carefully manipulating both of their lives.
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New high definition transfer supervised by Sion Sono
1 Hour Long Making of
30 minute additional Making Of including interviews with Sion Sono & the person whom the film is based on
Sakura Ando deleted & extended scenes
Hikari Mitsushima deleted & extended scenes
Zero Church deleted speech
Theatrical Trailer
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United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region B DVD: LANGUAGES: Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Japanese ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Alternative Footage, Anamorphic Widescreen, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Deleted Scenes, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Having grown up in a devout Christian family, Yu (Takahiro Nishijima) has always been a well-behaved kid. After his mother dies, his priest father is seduced by a woman who breaks his heart, causing him to torment Yu by forcing him to confess his sins on a daily basis. Of course, being a fairly normal kid, Yu has no legitimate sins to confess. To appease his increasingly demanding father, Yu is determined to become a true sinner, eventually training to become an expert at sneak upskirt photography. Pornography being the one sin no priest can overlook, Yu gets the attention he's been so desperately seeking from his dad. One day while hanging out with his fellow sinner pals-but dressed like Sasori as punishment for being on the losing end of a bet-Yu meets a beautiful girl named Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima). Their first meeting is a glorious one, beginning with an all-out street brawl and ending with a kiss. There are only two problems: she thinks he's a woman and a devious cult leader named Aya (Sakura Ando) is carefully manipulating both of their lives. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Berlin International Film Festival, ...Love Exposure - 2-Disc Set ( Ai no mukidashi ) ( Agapis ekrixi (Exposición de amor) ) (Blu-Ray)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By S. Clarke
Format:DVD
I first encountered Love Exposure when it was aired late night on Film 4, at almost 4 Hours in length (237mins Approx) This film might conjure up ideas of being long winded, you couldn't be more wrong! You will wonder where 4 hours went!
I cannot recommend this film enough. Obscure it may be but there's something here for everyone. An essential watch for any Hikari Mitsushima fan. If you're wondering who Hikari is you are missing out on some amazing performances (see Kakera - A Piece of Our Life [DVD] [2008] and the brilliant Sawako Decides [DVD])
This film deals with Love, Hurt, Sex, Peek-A-Panty Photos, Cults, Street Fights, Sin, kidnapping to name a few subjects. This is a real "Cinema Gem". If you haven't seen this film BUY IT! You won't regret it!! If you do regret it (please send it this way)!
This DVD is presented by Third Window Films (check out their other releases there's some great stuff).
I love the 'Making Of' it gives you a real insight into the making of the film, scenes with Hikari Mitsushima are particularly entertaining as you follow her journey in making the film.
This film sits proudly in my collection next to films by Hitchcock, Kubrick and Argento.
This DVD will leave you hungry for more, I've already watched it 5 times (6 if you count the Film 4 showing), It never gets old!
I cannot recommend this film enough. Obscure it may be but there's something here for everyone. An essential watch for any Hikari Mitsushima fan. If you're wondering who Hikari is you are missing out on some amazing performances (see Kakera - A Piece of Our Life [DVD] [2008] and the brilliant Sawako Decides [DVD])
This film deals with Love, Hurt, Sex, Peek-A-Panty Photos, Cults, Street Fights, Sin, kidnapping to name a few subjects. This is a real "Cinema Gem". If you haven't seen this film BUY IT! You won't regret it!! If you do regret it (please send it this way)!
This DVD is presented by Third Window Films (check out their other releases there's some great stuff).
I love the 'Making Of' it gives you a real insight into the making of the film, scenes with Hikari Mitsushima are particularly entertaining as you follow her journey in making the film.
This film sits proudly in my collection next to films by Hitchcock, Kubrick and Argento.
This DVD will leave you hungry for more, I've already watched it 5 times (6 if you count the Film 4 showing), It never gets old!
28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Fun, shocking/provocative, stimulating, charged with emotion levels few works of art ever achieve, where do you start when commenting on a tour de force like Love Exposure?
A superb view of modern teenage angst on par with Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day in its depiction of lovetorn teenagers in crisis, this is also a film inviting comparison with Kung Fu Soccer, Tsui Hark's The Lovers, Tender is the Grass, Bad Lieutenant, the Graduate, or ...Porkies. Go, run, fly and see this extraordinary film about the coming of age of a pure soul who finds true love (and an impressive boner) through the travails of sinful under skirt ninja-style photography, (yes, I know) and fights a brainwashing cult -led by short skirted japanese nymphets-, mistaken (sexual) identities, abduction and madness to be united with her.
Like his principal character, Director Sino Sion manages to do all the wrong things for all the right reasons: few are the films whose actors deploy so succesfully such levels of physical and emotional intensity: fans of Samuel Fuller will relate to the raw intensity and frankness whilst others will enjoy the bawdy humour worthy of Hong Kong category III.
PS don't believe the sleeve that mentions a 4 hours running time, I found the film way too short and will probably see it again as soon as tomorrow...
A superb view of modern teenage angst on par with Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day in its depiction of lovetorn teenagers in crisis, this is also a film inviting comparison with Kung Fu Soccer, Tsui Hark's The Lovers, Tender is the Grass, Bad Lieutenant, the Graduate, or ...Porkies. Go, run, fly and see this extraordinary film about the coming of age of a pure soul who finds true love (and an impressive boner) through the travails of sinful under skirt ninja-style photography, (yes, I know) and fights a brainwashing cult -led by short skirted japanese nymphets-, mistaken (sexual) identities, abduction and madness to be united with her.
Like his principal character, Director Sino Sion manages to do all the wrong things for all the right reasons: few are the films whose actors deploy so succesfully such levels of physical and emotional intensity: fans of Samuel Fuller will relate to the raw intensity and frankness whilst others will enjoy the bawdy humour worthy of Hong Kong category III.
PS don't believe the sleeve that mentions a 4 hours running time, I found the film way too short and will probably see it again as soon as tomorrow...
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The poet turned filmmaker, Sion Sono, continue's his celluloid thesis based upon the Japanese youth culture with adolescent relationships being his primary objective this time around. His latest offering is not a shockfest in the same vein as Strange Circus or Suicide Club but it does have the same bizarre elements that feature prominently in all his previous flicks with the exception of the Mitsuko character which has been dropped this time around and replaced with the male equivalent; a troubled adolescent boy named Yu.
Takahiro Nishijima is cast in the lead role as Yu; his delirious portrayal of a young man with an identity crisis, desperately seeking affection, is truly exceptional and holds the whole film together; he has more charisma and screen presence than Tatsuya Fujiwara (Death Note, Battle Royal); he looks very convincing and strangely attractive in his alta-ego role - the fist swinging, roundhouse kicking Ms. Scorpion. After the death of his mother, Yu has two main objectives: to win back the affections of his father, who's lost his way in the Cristian priesthood; and, to find his one true love. In order to achieve his goals, Yu sets up his own peeka-panty club, with his delinquent friends, and transforms himself into the ultimate pervert.
On this new path of self destructive enlightenment, Yu will encounter an evil, manipulative cult leader named Aya (Sakura Ando) and a feisty young man-hater named Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima). Sion Sono introduces the three main protagonists seperately; in a similar fashion to Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs; revisiting the same timeline from each individual characters own point of view until reaching the present situation at hand.... Read more ›
Takahiro Nishijima is cast in the lead role as Yu; his delirious portrayal of a young man with an identity crisis, desperately seeking affection, is truly exceptional and holds the whole film together; he has more charisma and screen presence than Tatsuya Fujiwara (Death Note, Battle Royal); he looks very convincing and strangely attractive in his alta-ego role - the fist swinging, roundhouse kicking Ms. Scorpion. After the death of his mother, Yu has two main objectives: to win back the affections of his father, who's lost his way in the Cristian priesthood; and, to find his one true love. In order to achieve his goals, Yu sets up his own peeka-panty club, with his delinquent friends, and transforms himself into the ultimate pervert.
On this new path of self destructive enlightenment, Yu will encounter an evil, manipulative cult leader named Aya (Sakura Ando) and a feisty young man-hater named Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima). Sion Sono introduces the three main protagonists seperately; in a similar fashion to Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs; revisiting the same timeline from each individual characters own point of view until reaching the present situation at hand.... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Philoctetes
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
This insanely long Japanese farce is like Tarantino when he was cool and not a bombastic bore. The hyperactivity; the visual flare; the flamboyance; the surprising choice of music; the unexpected twists and turns. It's completely crazy but utterly compelling.
Yu loses his mum, and then loses his priest father to a nymphomaniac whose disappearance causes him to become obsessed with the idea of sin. Yu has no sins to report, which disappoints his father, so he is forced to reinvent himself as an acrobatic voyeur in order to have something to confess. Then one day he finally falls in love, but someone else is pulling his strings. A complex web of lies, half truths and corrupted good intentions, ensues.
This is a mad satire - I suppose - on religion, the family unit, the cliches of popular asian cinema, pornography. A bit of everything. The cast play out of their skins. I wouldn't suggest trying to sit through it in one go but do make an effort to see it. Blood, panties and perverts, but it's not as shallow as that sounds.
Yu loses his mum, and then loses his priest father to a nymphomaniac whose disappearance causes him to become obsessed with the idea of sin. Yu has no sins to report, which disappoints his father, so he is forced to reinvent himself as an acrobatic voyeur in order to have something to confess. Then one day he finally falls in love, but someone else is pulling his strings. A complex web of lies, half truths and corrupted good intentions, ensues.
This is a mad satire - I suppose - on religion, the family unit, the cliches of popular asian cinema, pornography. A bit of everything. The cast play out of their skins. I wouldn't suggest trying to sit through it in one go but do make an effort to see it. Blood, panties and perverts, but it's not as shallow as that sounds.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Loooong, but worth it.
This movie is absolute genius nonsense. Incredibly long (at approx. 5 hours), we watched it over 3 sittings and it was brilliant. :)
Published 3 months ago by Cagawa
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well worth the watch!
I bought this on impulse, the day it arrived and I looked at it more closely I wondered what I had let myself in for and proceeded to forget about it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jessica
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Difference between Blu-Ray and DVD - BIG
First I rented the DVD and after watching, bought the Blu-Ray.
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Published 4 months ago by Mabuse
4.0 out of 5 stars
`Love Exposure' may border on the insane, but at its heart is a love...
Yu (Takahiro Nishijima), Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima) and Koike (Sakura Ando) are 3 teenagers who meet through some inexplicable events and circumstances, forming a complex and unusual... Read more
Published 9 months ago by dipesh parmar
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sono Sion's masterpiece now on Blu Ray!
Ok, so I'm not gonna write much about the film, because by now most people know what it's about and whether or not it would appeal to them. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Crab0021
5.0 out of 5 stars
Total Masterpiece
I saw this film back in autumn of 2009 at that indie/art theatre near Trafalgar Square (I forget the name) with an old boyfriend who loves films as much as I do. We were stunned. Read more
Published 14 months ago by TwoSnapsUP
5.0 out of 5 stars
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
YES YES YES YES YES i would make my whole review just YESSS but that wouldnt be helpful okay a close friend of mine bought this and we watched a cheaper every day if you watch it... Read more
Published 14 months ago by wrongmovie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bizarre, brash, sweet, ugly and BRILLIANT!
This was part of Film 4's recent 'Extreme Season' and it's easy to see why. Film critic and introducer to the film, Mark Kermode unravelled a whole heap of adjectives in trying to... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Tim Kidner
3.0 out of 5 stars
This is a marathon Japanese teenage boy fantasy epic (not good).
L.E is over 3 hours long (2 discs) and is a totally mad, Japanese teenage boy's dream movie, with some interesting and absurd themes. Read more
Published 16 months ago by T. BROOKES
5.0 out of 5 stars
Four hour fun fantasy
I had tried to record this film on VHS when it was recently televised late at night but as it was around 5 hours long (inc. Read more
Published 19 months ago by tresidder
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