One of legendary "pink" director Hisayasu Sato's first of over 50 examinations of love and sex among the dregs of society, this downbeat picture deals with a sleazy rapist (Taketoshi Watari) who starts a doomed romance with a sullen teenage reject.
Social & External
The people behind it
Saeko Fuji
Pregnant woman
Naomi Hagio
Eri
Tsuya Himekawa
Woman with tennis racket
Kiyomi Itō
Mika
Yutaka Ikejima
Middle-aged customer
Ayu Kiyokawa
Victim
Yūichi Minato
Man in loincloth
Shirō Shimomoto
Man who has sex with Eri in restroom
Bunmei Tobayama
Eri's second client
Taketoshi Watari
Masao
A teacher, Sakiko Kurata, receives a phone call regarding one of her former students. Young Sueko is accused of being a prostitute and has requested Sakiko’s help. This minx seduces random strangers for sex, but does not ask for payment. Sakiko has moved to another town and barely remembers Sueko, but there’s something about her that awakens painful memories of her own secretive past. What is that strange paint thinner smell on Sueko? Who is the man in the nylon ski mask that violently assaulted Sakiko many years ago? In her search for answers, Sakiko discovers that her past may have inadvertently destroyed another family’s future.
Hotaru Amami, who defeats swindlers target women with a sharp consideration and a mature body, is a female private investigator. She is a female supporter. She has saved many of them in the past. The client this time is Kimika Tani, an office lady. She is into Akira, who works at a male host club. She bought $30,000 worth platinum to give it to him as his request. However, Akira disappears and she doesn’t even receive the platinum afterwards. All she’s got is the load to buy the platinum. That’s what it’s called “Paper selling”. As opposition, Hotaru tricks swindlers with the technique called “Tsuridana”.
Hotaru Amami is a female investigator who has wisdom of law and a beautiful figure. The client this is Midori Ito, a house-wife, who saw information and just started a part-time job at a telephone club called "Lovenet". The work is easy and high pay. Besides, she can have sex with good looking men. Although Middori has a strong inclination toward the job, she is caught in a trouble and claimed to pay for the huge debt. Can Hotaru trick the evil company "Lovenet" and save her client?!
Hotaru Amami, who manages her own private investigate office, is working on extermination of swindlers target women with her assistant Yayoi Mizuno, who is a law student. The client this time is Sayaka Onuma. She tells that her father killed himself because he had franchise fraud and asks to avenge them. By listening to what she said, somewhat, Hotaru feels something is wrong about her request with no reason. What would the weird feeling be that Hotaru has?! It leads to an astonish ending!!
Hotaru Amami is a private investigator, also manages her own office. With her assistant Yayoi Mizuno, who is a law student, they try to exterminate swindlers target women. One day, Erika, Yayoi’s friend in college, visits her office. She says she is claimed to pay for sample cosmetics that she was given on a street by answering a survey. It sounds it is easy that she just has to take an action of cooling-off. However, this case is complex that it’s planned by a group to make money by eating up women’s dream.
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Although its title indicates three personalities, the heroine of cult filmmaker Hisayasu Sato’s downbeat multiple-personality tale actually exhibits four, going from loving wife to crazed slut to insane child to depressed adolescent. As usual, Sato fills the film with alienation, kinky sex, and psychological subplots.
A building manager spots a hooded jogger as he brazenly assaults a woman and drags her off. He follows and watches as the poor woman gets raped. After the rapist has left the manager hesitates and approaches the prone woman… and takes his turn. The next day the manager is on the lookout for the jogger, waiting for another chance.
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