Rezubian reipu: Amai mitsujû

This is one of my least favorite Sato films-- it's actually more linear and coherent than his other early 90s films, but that makes the content more boring. Also, the casting is all off; Sato is usually wonderful at casting his films, but here everyone felt wrong for the part.

Sato is still able to give us a few great compositions, with the use of mentioned glass silencer and lizards in another user review, but there are too few. None of the sex is particularly interesting, not erotic nor morbidly fascinating. As I write about this film more, I realize I'm not even sure why I gave it 3 stars. Perhaps there are themes I liked in the film, such as our lesbian antagonist and effeminate rapist wanting to explore queer issues at the films core, but they aren't handled in any sort of hard panache Sato usually brings to the table. In fact, the film ends up seeming like a Sato imitation.