Love Exposure
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| Japanese | 愛のむきだし |
| Hepburn | Ai no mukidashi |
| Directed by | Sion Sono |
| Produced by | Haruo Umekawa |
| Written by | Sion Sono |
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Takahiro Nishijima Hikari Mitsushima Sakura Ando |
| Music by | Tomohide Harada |
| Cinematography | Sōhei Tanikawa |
| Edited by | Junichi Itō |
| Distributed by | Omega Project |
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237 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Love Exposure (Japanese: 愛のむきだし Hepburn: Ai no mukidashi?) is a 2008 Japanese comedy-drama art film written and directed by Sion Sono. The film gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its four-hour duration and themes including love, family, lust, religion and the art of upskirt photography. The first version was originally six hours long, but was trimmed at the request of the producers. Following its release, it won many awards and positive reviews. At the Berlin International Film Festival, it won the Caligari Film Award and the FIPRESCI Prize.
The story follows Yū Honda (Takahiro Nishijima), a young teenage Catholic attempting to live his life in a faithful and orderly manner. His father, Tetsu, has become a devout Catholic priest following the death of Yū's mother, and operates his own church. Yū's father asks Yū to confess his sins, but Yū believes he is a good person, who has little to confess. At first he makes up sins, but his father sees right through him, and Yū sets out to commit real sins. Because of this, he falls in with a questionable crowd.
Yū is taught by his new friends to steal, fight, and take stealth photographs up women's skirts. Yū promptly becomes a skilled "panty shot" photographer. He is perceived as a pervert, but he is never aroused by these photographs.
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