| Love Exposure | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 愛のむきだし | ||||
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| Directed by | Sion Sono | ||||
| Written by | Sion Sono | ||||
| Produced by | Haruo Umekawa | ||||
| Starring | Takahiro Nishijima Hikari Mitsushima Sakura Ando | ||||
| Cinematography | Sōhei Tanikawa | ||||
| Edited by | Junichi Itō | ||||
| Music by | Tomohide Harada | ||||
| Distributed by | Phantom Film | ||||
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Running time | 237 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Love Exposure (Japanese: 愛のむきだし, Hepburn: Ai no mukidashi) is a 2008 Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. The film gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its four-hour runtime and themes including love, family, lust, religion and the crime of upskirt photography. The first version was originally six hours long, but was trimmed at the request of the producers.
Following its release, it won many awards and received acclaim from critics.[1] At the Berlin International Film Festival, it won the Caligari Film Award and the FIPRESCI Prize.[2]
- ^ Schilling, Mark (February 6, 2009). "Telling a lengthy tale of lust and religion". The Japan Times. Retrieved Feb 11, 2023.
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