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Gushing Prayer (1971)
Directed by Masao Adachi
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Desensitized and dissatisfied, a young yet jaded sexual veteran sets out on a journey of self-discovery while teetering on the threshold of womanhood. Yasuko is taking part in an orgy when she realizes that she has lost all feeling - not just physically, but emotionally as well. Now, with the weight of responsibility and adult expectation weighing down on her shoulders, Yasuko attempts to better understand how she could be so empty at such a tender age.
Length 72 minutes
Actors
Aki Sasaki | Hiroshi Saitô | Makiko Kim | Yûji Aoki | Masaaki Hiraoka | Susumu Iwabuchi | Shigenori Noda | Michio Akiyama | Ken Yoshizawa | Haruhiko Abegawa | Nagao Yokoshima | Akira Ishikawa | Hiroshi Nitta | Yoshiaki Makita | Takeo Suenaga | Tetsuo Osaga | Saburô Yoshida | Kazuo Komizu | Nagawa Torikawa | Kaoru Miya
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/05/2021 | Computer | Streaming | Video on Demand | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Another film from the Keiko Sato spotlight on Mubi highlighting pink films she produced. This one also plays more avant-garde than a straight up sex flick or more traditional pinku. But there is plenty of nudity among these teenage characters and thankfully they aren’t really teens bc it would be very disturbing. That said, it was a challenge to buy into this premise of the teenagers and 15 yo protag trying to the find the meaning of life thru wanton sex encounters. Had they been college students it would’ve been more believable. Also this would’ve worked better as a short film bc after 40 minutes or so I was losing interest.
I will say that it’s cool Mubi is featuring these as I don’t know how else I’d be able to view them. They feel like something Criterion would do (an Eclipse set for Keiko Sato featuring these movies) but probably won’t.
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