ANTI-PORNO - Japan Cuts 2017

ANTI-PORNO
アンチポルノ (Anchi Poruno)
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EAST COAST PREMIERE
Preceded by: Summer’s Puke is Winter’s Delight (2016) by Sawako Kabuki, 3 min.
Part of Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno Reboot Project celebrating the 45th anniversary of the genre that infamously saved the studio, ANTI-PORNO is a uniquely subversive take on Nikkatsu’s softcore sex label by festival favorite Sion Sono. Pacing a vibrantly colored art studio that looks like something out of a Jodorowsky film, 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.
“Sono’s effort is easily the most ambitious entry yet in the series of re-imagined softcore entertainments.” —James Marsh, South China Morning Post
2017. 78 min. DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Sion Sono. With Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Fujiko, Sayaka Kotani, Tomo Uchino.
Part of JAPAN CUTS 2017.
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