Guilty of Romance

A Film by Sion Sono

Technical details : 2011 - Japan - Drama - DCP - 2.35 - 149 min.

Cast : Megumi Kagurazaka, Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Kanji Tsuda, Ryo Iwamatsu, Ryuju Kobayashi

Languages : Japanese

Producers : Yoshinori Chiba, Nobuhiro Iizuka

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SYNOPSIS

Izumi is married to a famous romantic novelist but their life seems just a simple repetition without romance. One day she decides to follow her desires and accepts to be a naked model that fakes sex in front of the camera. Soon she meets a mentor and starts selling her body to strangers but at home, she is still the wife she is supposed to be. A brutally murdered body is found in the love hotels district. The police tries to understand what happened.

Cannes 2011
Director's Fortnight

SYNOPSIS

Izumi is married to a famous romantic novelist but their life seems just a simple repetition without romance. One day she decides to follow her desires and accepts to be a naked model that fakes sex in front of the camera. Soon she meets a mentor and starts selling her body to strangers but at home, she is still the wife she is supposed to be. A brutally murdered body is found in the love hotels district. The police tries to understand what happened.