Uncut Presents: Muscle

UNCUT Presents: 狂った舞踏会
(“Muscle”, dir. Hisayasu Satō, Japan, 1989, 58 min)

Meet Ryuzaki, a mild-mannered editor at Muscle Magazine with an obsession with Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Salò”.

His life gets ripped open when he meets Kitami, a svelte model for the magazine, and the two launch into a passionate and increasingly extreme BDSM love affair. What starts as a power play quickly spirals out of control, blurring the line between pain and pleasure until lines are crossed that can’t be undone.

Is it a love story? Is it an exploration of power and obsession? Yes. But mostly, it’s a stylish and horny look at the lengths two people will go to for desire. This is a crucial piece of Japanese Pink Film history that delivers on its title, it’s absolutely a film about body (parts) lol.

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