REVIEW: LOVE EXPOSURE
ANYTHING can happen in life," says Yu, the main character in kooky Japanese epic LOVE EXPOSURE (TBC). And that's certainly true of this film.
As Yu watches his mother die, his dad channels his grief into becoming a Catholic priest. When he falls in love with a worshipper, daddy takes his guilt out on poor Yu, who in turn becomes obsessed with taking up-skirt photos of women in the street.
Odd? Oh yes, but director Sion Sono is just getting started. All of that happens in the first 15 minutes of what turns out to be a four-hour freak-out as Yu battles religious cults, works for the porn industry and falls in love with a girl who has become smitten with a female vigilante called Miss Scorpion - who's actually Yu in disguise.
It might more than your brain can take in, but part of the fun is watching the film lurch from comedy to satire to love story to action movie in the blink of an eye.
It also rattles along at a blistering pace as it sets up characters and weaves them all together. There's so much going on that it takes an hour for the title to turn up on screen.
It's an incredibly weird experience but a satisfying one - just remember to take a cushion for the bum-numbing running time. - JUSTIN MATLOCK
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