Directed by:
Shion SonoScreenplay:
Shion SonoCinematography:
Sōhei TanikawaCast:
Megumi Kagurazaka, Makoto Togashi, Miki Mizuno, Kanji Tsuda, 児嶋一哉, 我妻三輪子, Motoki Fukami, Ryūju Kobayashi, 内田慈, 岩松了, 五辻真吾, 町田マリー, Arata Yamanaka, Satoshi Nikaidô, AmiPlots(1)
Set just before the turn of the 21st century a grisly murder occurs in Maruyama-cho Shibuya the sordid love hotel district of Tokyo. During the police investigation the story interweaves with that of Izumi the wife of a famous romantic novelist whose life has become staid and repetitious. In an act of blatant sexual rebellion Izumi accepts a job as a naked model faking sex in front of the camera. Her sexual awakening takes a darker turn after she meets Mitsuko, - a college professor who moonlights as a prostitute and begins selling her body to the highest bidder while simultaneously maintaining the facade of a proper subservient Japanese housewife at home. Guilty of Romance: the film of punk provocateur and rising star of Japanese cinema, Sion Sono is the dramatic account of the lives of two women as they traverse a whirlwind of sex, madness and death. (Monster Pictures)
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Megumi Kagurazaka
Japan
Best movies:
Cold Fish (2010)
13 Assassins (2010)
The Land of Hope (2012)
Makoto Togashi
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Cure (1997)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Miki Mizuno
Japan
Best movies:
Sweet Red Bean Paste (2015)
Bayside Shakedown (1998)
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Kanji Tsuda
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
児嶋一哉
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Before We Vanish (2017)
我妻三輪子
Japan
Best movies:
Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Heroine Disqualified (2015)
Motoki Fukami
Japan
Best movies:
Love Exposure (2008)
Hazard (2005)
Crows-Zero (2007)
Ryūju Kobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
Guilty of Romance (2011)
内田慈
Japan
Best movies:
Love Strikes! (2011)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Shaolin Girl (2008)
岩松了
Japan
Best movies:
Love Exposure (2008)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Mind Game (2004)
五辻真吾
Japan
Best movies:
Zen (2009)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Sweet Little Lies (2010)
町田マリー
Japan
Best movies:
Babel (2006)
Kamikaze Girls (2004)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Arata Yamanaka
Japan
Best movies:
Love Exposure (2008)
Himizu (2011)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Satoshi Nikaidô
Japan
Best movies:
The Last Samurai (2003)
Babel (2006)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Ami
Japan
Best movies:
The Land of Hope (2012)
Himizu (2011)
Guilty of Romance (2011)