Released:
1988-08-27

Overview:
A decadent count in 1920′s Japan becomes obsessed with the life and works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted from the notorious writer’s novels and recruits thieves, prostitutes and low lives to act out his fantasies on stage for the delectation of his rich, jaded friends. In search of new sensations the nobleman orders one of the actors, on pain of death, to make love to the nobleman’s wife while he watches. Unfortunately, this incursion of real life into his fantasy world will have dire consequences for the count and his divinely decadent coterie.

Director:
Akio Jissoji

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Yasumi Hara
• 
  Renji Ishibashi
  as
  Leading Man in Play
• 
  Seiran Li
  as
  Count's Wife
• 
  Kimiaki Makino
• 
  Kōji Shimizu
  as
  Count Who Produces Plays