Shingo Yasuda

Shin, jeune étudiant de Tokyo, décide de larguer les amarres et d’aller découvrir le monde dangereux de New York, la vie au Japon lui apparaissant lénifiante et dépourvue du moindre intérêt. Très vite son séjour tourne au cauchemar car il se voit dépouiller de ses affaires par deux racailles profitant de son incroyable naïveté. Mais alors qu’il se trouve sans ressources et se demande ce qu’il pourrait bien faire, il fait la connaissance d’un étrange duo : Lee et Takeda. L’apprentissage commence…

Starting with director Gosha Hideo's version in 1992, the puppet theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon has been made into a film on countless occasions. The actor Sakagami Shinobu wrote and directed this version. This new interpretation focuses on a woman who played a minor role in the original version, and features a bold performance from former pin-up model Fujikawa Nozomi. Yohee (Yasuda Shingo), son and heir of the store Kawachiya, runs up huge debts due to his obsession with the prostitute Okiku (Fujikawa). Told by her husband Chizaemon, Okichi (Yamada Kinuwo) goes to condemn Yohee. On her way back home, Okiku laughs and mocks her, which Okichi finds sexually exciting.