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Love Exposure
(Ai no mukidashi)
by Sion SONO

Committing sins in order to confess them, Yu is trapped between his devotion to the man-hating schoolgirl Yoko and the schemes of a bizarre religious cult. The manically complex and frighteningly entertaining story of Yu and his epic journey to the centre of love.

Credits:
Japan 2008, 35mm, 237 min, Japanese with German subtitles
Director & writer: Sion SONO
Production: Omega Project, Ltd.; An Entertainment Inc.; Studio Three Co., Ltd.
Director of photography: Sohei TANIGAWA
Music: Tomohide HARADA
German distribution: Rapid Eye Movies
Cast: Takahiro NISHIJIMA, Hikari MATSUSHIMA, Sakura ANDO, Makiko WATANABE, Hiroyuki ONOUE

www.ai-muki.com

About the director: Sion SONO, born 1961, was already a famous poet at age 17. After winning first prize at the PIA film festival in 1987 he began to work in film. Already a well-known figure at international festivals he made is commerical breakthrough with SUICIDE CIRCLE.

Filmography (selection): 1992 Heya; 2002 Suicide Circle (Jisatsu sakuru); 2005 Noriko’s Dinner Table (Noriko no shokutaku / NC 07); 2007 Exte: Hair Extensions (Ekusete); 2009 Be Sure to Share (Chanto tsutaeru)

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Sunday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. Cinema Mal Seh'n

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