Eiko Matsuda Movies
- 1982
Seen only from the viewpoint of its male protagonist, a Frenchman (Feodor Atkine) wanders around Manila fantasizing about women and sex and watching the city and its nightlife (and day life) go by. In his prurient visions, he remembers excerpts from films by Raoul Walsh, Fritz Lang and other directors, and he finds some of his fantasies outdone by the moves of the female performers in the night spots. This film tends to treat women as objects of sexual passion, and parents may want to decide themselves whether or not their children should see it. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Féodor Atkine, Eiko Matsuda, (more)
Based upon a true incident in 1930s Japan, Nagisa Oshima's controversial film effectively skirts the borderline between pornography and art -- making Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris of four years earlier look like children's programming in comparison. The story concerns servant and former prostitute Sada Abe (Eiko Matsuda) who becomes sexually obsessed with her employer Kizicho (Tatsuya Fuji), a businessman, after seeing him making love to his wife. After making love to Sada, Kizicho becomes obsessed with her as well. As their love-making becomes more and more intense, they find themselves unable to separate themselves from each other, until every waking hour is spent in more and more dangerous sexual acts with Sada becoming more and more of the aggressor. Finally, for the ultimate in eroticism, Kizicho agrees to be strangled during sexual ecstasy for the ultimate in orgasmic fulfillment. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, (more)
