Sexual Crime

Sexual Crime

This year, an unprecedented number of unusual sexual cases of this kind have been recorded.

1983 · 77 min · ★ 5.0 · Thriller

Three people whose lives have taken a turn for the worse retreat into a world of erotic dreams made flesh in this drama from director Sai Yoichi. An executive with a large industrial corporation finds his job and his future is on the line when his firm is beset by labor troubles at the same time severe financial mismanagement has been discovered. As the executive looks for a way out of his situation, he becomes involved in a ménage à trois relationship with two fellow employees, a woman and another man. As real life becomes all the more unpleasant, the businessman and his lovers become deeply attached to one another as he explores sides of his sexual nature he's never been able to investigate in the past.

Directed by Yōichi Sai · Written by Yu Mitsui

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Yuki Kazamatsuri Sumako Fujimori
Sabu Kawahara Yukio Fujimori
Rushia Santô Toyoko Nakamura
Makoto Yoshino Kiyoko Yokoyama
Kōjirō Kusanagi Senzo Yaegaki
Yukihiko Sato Yukihiko Fujimori
Midori Mori Sales Woman
Noboru Mitani Detective

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