The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
- Original title
- 悦楽
- Directed by
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man tries to raise a large sum of money by blackmailing an official. The plot involves a dead body, a hidden safe, and an obsessive attraction to a woman.
cerebralmorally ambiguousslow-burnmelancholicdarkly comicunsettlingbleakvisually starkpsychological
What happens
Die Freuden des Fleisches (japanischer Originaltitel 悦楽, Etsuraku, dt. „Vergnügen“) ist ein japanischer Film von Nagisa Ōshima aus dem Jahr 1965. Ōshimas Drehbuch beruht auf einem Roman von Yamada Fūtarō. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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