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Release Date:
August 27, 1988
Original Title:
悪徳の栄え
Alternate Titles:
Akutoku no sakae
あくとくのさかえ
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 96
A decadent count in 1920′s Japan becomes obsessed with the life and works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted from the notorious writer’s novels and recruits thieves, prostitutes and low lives to act out his fantasies on stage for the delectation of his rich, jaded friends. In search of new sensations the nobleman orders one of the actors, on pain of death, to make love to the nobleman’s wife while he watches. Unfortunately, this incursion of real life into his fantasy world will have dire consequences for the count and his divinely decadent coterie.
Director:
Akio Jissoji
Director of Photography:
Masao Nakabori
Editor:
Osamu Inoue
Lighting Design:
Kenji Ushiba
Music:
Isao Matsushita
Novel:
Donatien Alphonse François de Sade
Producer:
Hidehiro Ito
Production Design:
Noriyoshi Ikeya
Screenplay:
Rio Kishida
Sound Recordist:
Eiji Kimura
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