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(Roshutsukyou no Onna)
71 min/color/4:3/stereo/ProRes
Producers: Yue HAYASHI / Kazuhisa MATSUMOTO Screen Play : Hiroshi TAKAHASHI Music; Akifumi KAWAMURA Directed by Akihiko SHIOTA Starring: Reiko AOYAMA / Masafumi MIKI
© 1996 Pink Pineapple
INTRODUCTION
The "lost" debut of a contemporary master. Originally a direct-to-video production, The Nude Woman marks the professional debut of Akihiko Shiota, a versatile director known for both independent gems and mainstream hits. With a provocative screenplay by Hiroshi Takahashi (writer of The Ring), the film explores the psychological awakening of an ordinary housewife.
STORY
Saeko is a 27-year-old housewife living a quiet, childless life until she discovers a "dirty" magazine at a local library. Among the explicit images, she is struck by a photograph of a woman who exudes unexpected elegance. Driven by curiosity, Saeko begins a secret correspondence with her, peeling back the layers of her own identity to discover a hidden, transgressive self.