''Ai no corrida'' is a polemic movie that was banned and also censored by many different countries, including the Japan itself, where strict censorship laws would not allow the film to be completed properly, so the the undeveloped footage was shipped to France for processing and editing.
The movie is based on a true story that happened in the 30's, where Sada Abe erotically asphyxiated her lover, Kichizo Ishida, during sex, and them cut it out his penis and testicles to walk on streets of Tokyo with his organs in her hand.
Many of the sexual scenes between the actors are real, by the way.
The plot: Abe Sada works as a maid in a hotel. She is an ex prostitute. When Abe meets the hotel owner Kichizo, they begin to have an intense affair, and while the time passes, Abe starts to have an obsessive behavior towards Kichizo to the point that she even threatens to kill him. The things between them are going to reach tragical consequences near the end.
The movie is based on a true story that happened in the 30's, where Sada Abe erotically asphyxiated her lover, Kichizo Ishida, during sex, and them cut it out his penis and testicles to walk on streets of Tokyo with his organs in her hand.
Many of the sexual scenes between the actors are real, by the way.
The plot: Abe Sada works as a maid in a hotel. She is an ex prostitute. When Abe meets the hotel owner Kichizo, they begin to have an intense affair, and while the time passes, Abe starts to have an obsessive behavior towards Kichizo to the point that she even threatens to kill him. The things between them are going to reach tragical consequences near the end.