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Ai (Miho Nikaido) is a top speciality/fetish prostitute who can take almost anything her customers throw at her without losing her submissive, shy to timid and almost innocent attitude, and she has no problem being humiliated. She also suffers from a broken heart, which is especially painful as her ex has become a successful musician after their break-up and has married another woman - and yet Ai has never stopped loving him. A fortune teller (Yayoi Kusama) tells her to find a piece of jade and wear it around her finger in order to get her ex back, but she loses the ring at a customer's (Tenmei Kano), and trying to get it back she walks into a yakuza execution and almost gets killed.

Many a customer later, Ai is hired for a threesome, sharing a customer with dominatrix Saki (Sayoko Amano), a much more practical woman who has become a prostitute to live off the decadence of her country - and she has amassed a small fortune doing so, but she has also developed a serious drug habit. And despite the two having little in common, Ai and Saki quickly become good friends. Ultimately, Saki advises Ai to pay her ex a visit to try to get him back. But she also drugs up Ai to encourage her to a point where this spells to be a recipe for disaster ...

Now Tokyo Decadence is not a film for those easily offended, as it is terribly blunt, and actually shows as much as it can fet away with in a mainstream movie - and that's pretty much in line with Ryu Murakami's larger body of work especially as a writer, as he's never one to dodge a scandal. And he seems to have put much love into the scenes of Ai's humiliation, so to properly enjoy this movie, an at least basic understanding of the world of BDSM sure helps. But what makes this movie is that besides all its outrageous scenes it actually also has lots of heart, and Miho Nikaido's performance at the center of the movie sure comes across relatable enough to look beyond all the sex, torture and nudity and give her character the necessary depth. That all said, certainly not a film for everyone, but if you're not easily offended and can see behind the film's intended shock value, you'll very probably find yourself entertained.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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