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HIROKI Ryuichi

Japan2006110min 35mm color Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Satoko is a housewife living comfortably with her husband Hideyuki and her son Masato. One day, she receives an E-mail from a Matching Site and starts working as a prostitute. Minoru, delivering newspapers to Satoko, realizes Satoko's face from some erotic pictures. He tries to save Satoko who reminds him of his mother.

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HIROKI Ryuichi

Born in 1954 in Japan, Hiroki started his career as a film director with the Japanese softcore pornographic film genre of pink film. His 1994 feature film 800 Two Lap Runners was selected to Berlin International Film Festival in the same year. Another film in 2003 Vibrator was also widely seen overseas. The film won a number of awards including Best Actress for Shinobu Terajima at Tokyo International Film Festival. Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014) which was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Noise (2022) was selected to the competition of Udine Far East Film Festival in the same year.