In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.

"Love is hell."

Credits

Sion SonoDirector

Miki MizunoKazuko Yoshida

Makoto TogashiMitsuko Ozawa

Megumi KagurazakaIzumi Kikuchi

Satoshi NikaidoMasao Yoshida