Antiporno (ej svensk text) (Blu-ray + DVD)

IN THE 1970S & '80S THE NIKKATSU ROMAN PORNO GENRE, WHICH ALLOWED DIRECTORS WIDE LATITUDE IF THEY INCLUDED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SEX SCENES IN THEIR FILMS, WAS THE LAUNCHING PAD FOR MANY NOW-PROMINENT JAPANESE FILMMAKERS. IN 2016, NIKKATSU BROUGHT THE SERIES BACK WITH THE "ROMAN PORNO REBOOT PROJECT", WITH DIRECTOR SION SONO (COLD FISH) MAKING ANTIPORNO. Pacing a vibrantly colored art studio celebrity novelist, artist and enfant-terrible Kyoko (Ami Tomite) terrorizes everyone around her, especially her eager-to-please assistant Noriko (Mariko Tsutsui), whom she sadistically (and quite literally) keeps on a leash. Just as Kyoko's cruelty reaches its peak, however, the film takes an unexpected about-face that, in true Sono-style, breaks down cinematic barriers in order to tackle the subjects of art, misogyny and freedom with boundless energy and unbridled passion.