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Poem

6.6

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Original title

Utaaka

AKA

Poem

Year

1972

Running time

119 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Akio Jissoji

Screenwriter

Toshirô Ishidô

Cast

Music

Toru Fuyuki

Cinematography

Masao Nakabori (B&W)

Producer

Art Theatre Guild, Jissôji Productions

Genre

Drama | Erotic

Synopsis

The young houseboy in Uta wakes up every night to patrol the house of a teacher with a flashlight. He leads an austere life of meditation and he focuses his devotional attention on writing inscriptions for tombstones. In one of his tours he sees something he shouldn't have. The pervert pleasure of portraying him as a pillar of moral behaviour for the duration of the film is to see the downfall. As the teacher and his elder brother conspire to take over the mountain property of their grandfather and turn it over to realtors for a profit, Renge spends his time shuddering helpless, on his knees.

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Poem

1972

Akio Jissoji

6.6

(27)