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Guilty of Romance

Guilty of Romance

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Guilty of Romance

"Love is hell."

2011

2h 25m

6.9(243 votes)

Thriller

Horror

Mystery

Overview

While police investigate a woman found dead in a derelict love hotel, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To escape the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade of the doting wife.

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Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Django Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Makoto Togashi

Makoto Togashi

Mitsuko Ozawa

Megumi Kagurazaka

Megumi Kagurazaka

Izumi Kikuchi

Miki Mizuno

Miki Mizuno

Kazuko Yoshida

Satoshi Nikaido

Satoshi Nikaido

Masao Yoshida

Kazuya Kojima

Kazuya Kojima

Shoji

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Yukio Kikuchi

Ryuju Kobayashi

Ryuju Kobayashi

Kaoru

Shingo Gotsuji

Kazuo Kimura

Motoki Fukami

Motoki Fukami

Martini Maki

Marie Machida

Marie Machida

Mari

Creative team

Directed by: Sion Sono
Written by: Sion Sono
Mizue Kunizane
Produced by: Yoshinori Chiba
Nobuhiro Iizuka

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