| I.K.U. | |
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 "This is not LOVE. This is SEX." | |
| Directed by | Shu Lea Cheang |
| Written by | Shu Lea Cheang |
| Produced by | Takashi Asai |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Tetsuya Kamoto |
| Edited by | Kazuhiro Shirao |
| Music by |
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| Distributed by | Uplink Co. |
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Running time | 90 minutes (Premiere) 74 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese / English |
I.K.U. (pronounced ai-kei-ju, abbreviated as iku?) is a 2000 independent film directed by Taiwanese-American experimental filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang. It was marketed as "a Japanese Sci-Fi Porn Feature". The film was partially inspired by Blade Runner (1982). I.K.U.'s premise involves a futuristic corporation sending shapeshifting cyborgs out into New Tokyo to collect "orgasm data" by means of sexual intercourse. The title is a pun on the Japanese word iku (行く) which, in sexual slang, is used to express an orgasm.[1]
I.K.U. premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. It was the first pornographic film ever screened in the festival. Critical reception was poor.
- ^ "What's I.K.U." I.K.U. the Movie. i-k-u.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-08-18.