Image of a Bound Girl (1980)

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"Image of a Bound Girl" by Masaru Konuma is about a professor named Keisuke who meets a suicidal girl and subjects her to shibari bondage and sexual abuse. Their relationship quickly become more and more intimate. The wife of professor tries to stop sadomasochistic love of these two souls and as a reward is also subjected to harsh S&M training… Hell yeah, I just love such Japanese pinku eiga flicks like Konuma's "Image of a Bound Girl".The plot is intelligent and easy to follow, the sleaze is heavy including sexual torture and humiliation and the acting is fine. Masaru Konuma directed also an unquestionable classic of bondage pinku "Wife to Be Sacrificed" and two installments of nasty "Woman in a Box" series.

Masaru Konuma was responsible for some truly disgusting classics, but this time he surprises positively. Image of a Bound Girl is a strong character drama with good performances and a challenging storyline. It’s also somewhat romantic, although the main theme of the film is obsession. Konuma uses long takes succesfully and sometimes even seems to be analyzing the genre with pieces of dialogue that appear to be pointed towards the audience. Some of the plot twists towards the end are not totally satisfying, and there are some off-putting scenes that are typical for the genre, but the relationship between the main characters – a socially disregarded university professor and a suicidal high school girl – has enough depth to carry over some weaker moments. Casting Tatsuya Hamaguchi, one of the sleaziest Nikkatsu villains, as the conservative father, works as a fun little anecdote.

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