The Sensualist
The plot can be summed up as “An oaf makes a bet about sleeping with a courtesan, can’t, so he gets help to fulfill his bet from the most sexed up man in Japan”. The reason he can’t is due to the courtesans being only available to the most high class, wealthy, and sophisticated men.
From a visual standpoint, the movie presents its self like a series of moving edo-era paintings. Some scenes in particular look like they should be framed, which makes that fact that this is only available on VHS even more sad.
Intercut from the main story, we get some erotic sex scenes and a glimpse at one of the protagonists past. Sorry, let me say that again...Intercut from the erotic sex scenes, we get a glimpse at one of the protagonists past and a plot and story to follow.
Try to follow along with some of the highlights of the MC past:
-He lost his virginity at 7 years old
-Before the age of 11 he “learned homosexuality”
-At the age of 11 he bought his first whores (Different from a courtesan)
-From then on, he slept with everyone (Neighbors, wives, whores)
-By 18 he had collected courtesans from every town
-By the age of sixty he “knew” as many as 3742 women and 725 men.
The movie is an exercise in what I guess could be categorized as "erotic art". It's more edo-era sex than it really is a movie, but if that sounds interesting then it's worth watching.
Edit: I forgot to mention that this is considered to be a unoficial follow up to the Animerama series of films (
Belladonna of Saddness, A Thousand & One Nights, and
Cleopatra)
