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Guilty of Romance

Guilty of Romance

Love is hell.

20116.92h 25m

Overview

While police investigate a woman found dead in a derelict love hotel, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To escape the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade of the doting wife.

Directed by Sion Sono
Written by Sion Sono, Mizue Kunizane
Produced by Nobuhiro Iizuka, Yoshinori Chiba
Box Office0Revenue: $246K

Top Cast

Makoto Togashi

Makoto Togashi

Mitsuko Ozawa

Megumi Kagurazaka

Megumi Kagurazaka

Izumi Kikuchi

Miki Mizuno

Miki Mizuno

Kazuko Yoshida

Satoshi Nikaido

Satoshi Nikaido

Masao Yoshida

Kazuya Kojima

Kazuya Kojima

Shoji

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Yukio Kikuchi

Ryuju Kobayashi

Ryuju Kobayashi

Kaoru

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Shingo Gotsuji

Kazuo Kimura

Motoki Fukami

Motoki Fukami

Martini Maki

Marie Machida

Marie Machida

Mari

Themes & Keywords

prostitutionnovelistpolice investigationpink filmhusband wife estrangementnude modelinglove hotelromantic thrillertokyo

About Guilty of Romance

Guilty of Romance is a thriller, horror, mystery film released in 2011 exploring themes of prostitution, novelist, police investigation, pink film, husband wife estrangement, nude modeling. Directed by Sion Sono, it stars Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Miki Mizuno. While police investigate a woman found dead in a derelict love hotel, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To escape the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade of the doting wife.

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