• Nov 16
• Sion Sono’s LOVE EXPOSURE: Review
• Posted by Deljhp - 16/11/09 at 08:49 AM

Director: Sion Sono. Review: Adam Wing.

Four hours in the company of love, obsession and romance, it’s enough to make a grown man reach for the remote control. But don’t be too hasty with that there wandering hand, because looks can be deceiving, and that’s definately the case with cult director Sion Sono's quirky marathon feature Love Exposure. Having already won me over with films like Suicide Club (a dark, delicious favourite) and Noriko's Dinner Table (a rare sequel that arguably outweighs the original), Sono serves up a twisted opus of love, obsession, martial arts, underwear and violence.

Nishijima Takahiro (he was in a pop group) makes his film debut alongside Mitsushima Hikari (Death Note) and Ando Sakura (Kaze no Sotogawa), as a teen who takes upskirt photos. Yup, the guy is quite clearly the prince of perverts, and the rest of the cast don’t fare much better. In Sono’s twisted world, each and every one of them has their own quirky cross to bare. Winner of the Caligari Film Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, Love Exposure takes on religion, family and sexuality. Miraculously, at close to four hours long, it also manages to be an absolute riot from start to finish... Continue reading review.

Love Exposure trailer