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Female (2005)

Female poster
Original title
フィーメイル
Directed by
Suzuki Matsuo, Shinya Tsukamoto, Ryūichi Hiroki
Genre
anthology film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
18
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Five different directors each adapt a short story by a Japanese woman writer. The stories explore different aspects of women's sexuality.

slightly eroticthoughtfulvariedepisodicrestrainedintrospectiveunevensensual

What happens

Female (Japanese: フィーメイル, Hepburn: Fīmeiru) is a 2005 Japanese release consisting of five short films by different directors, each based on a short story by a popular Japanese woman writer and focusing on the nature of women's sexuality. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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