Gate of Flesh (1964)
- Original title
- 肉体の門
- Directed by
- Seijun Suzuki
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 70 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In post-war Tokyo, a group of prostitutes live by a strict code in a bombed-out building. Their fragile order is disrupted when an ex-soldier seeks shelter with them, triggering violence and jealousy.
rawseedybrutalmelancholicsexually chargedallegoricaldesperatecynical
What happens
Gate of Flesh (Japanese: 肉體の門, Hepburn: Nikutai no mon) is a 1964 Japanese film based on a novel by Taijiro Tamura and directed by Seijun Suzuki. The first of Suzuki's "flesh trilogy" (followed by Story of a Prostitute and Carmen from Kawachi), the series is considered the "crowning achievement" of his period working at the production house Nikkatsu. The film is viewed as a direct and allegorical critique of Japan's Occupation and subsequent development, which rather than breaking with the country's pre-war militaristic, authoritarian social structures only sees their reconstitution in the post-war period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Shape of Night (1964)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.