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Love Exposure

Love Exposure

Jesus, forgive these morons.

20088.03h 57m

Overview

The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with Catholic guilt.

Directed by Sion Sono
Written by Sion Sono
Produced by Haruo Umekawa
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Top Cast

Takahiro Nishijima

Takahiro Nishijima

Yu

Hikari Mitsushima

Hikari Mitsushima

Yoko

Sakura Ando

Sakura Ando

Koike

Makiko Watanabe

Makiko Watanabe

Kaori

Atsuro Watabe

Atsuro Watabe

Tetsu Tsunoda

Yutaka Shimizu

Yutaka Shimizu

Yuji

Hiroyuki Onoue

Hiroyuki Onoue

Takahiro

Tasuku Nagaoka

Tasuku Nagaoka

Senior

Sow Hirosawa

Sow Hirosawa

Kumi

Yūko Genkaku

Yūko Genkaku

Keiko

Themes & Keywords

kung futransvestiteunderwearcultlovecross dressingporn industrytough girlphilosophicaljapanese girl herocomplexabsurdintenseromanticoptimistic

About Love Exposure

Love Exposure is a action, comedy, drama, romance film released in 2008 exploring themes of kung fu, transvestite, underwear, cult, love, cross dressing. Directed by Sion Sono, it stars Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Ando. The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with Catholic guilt.

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