Tokyo Decadence (1992)
Tokyo Decadence (トパーズ, Topāzu) is Japanese erotic movie from 1992 directed by Ryū Murakami. Starring Miho Nikaido. The movie is also know as Topaz and Sex Dreams of Topaz. The music is composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto known for Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.
Plot
Ai (愛, lit. “love”) is a timid 22-year-old college student in Tokyo. She works as a prostitute for an exclusive escort agency. The agency only has wealthy, perverted men as clients. 
To please her clients, Ai has to play out elaborate fantasy scenarios involving osexual humiliation and light sadomasochism/bondage.
Ai is in her personal life desperately seeking for affection but she only has a lover that is currently married. 
Notable scenes
The scene where AI has to stand in front of a window of a skyscraper because her client demands it.
Making of Tokyo Decadence
23 minutes, which included more nudity and explicit sex, were cut from the US version to prevent an X rating. Some of the scenes of which are:
The scene with Mr. Satoh before he talks to his girlfriend is longer, including the scene showing him actually inserting the vibrator into Ai after she came out of the shower.
Ai licking both Mr. Satoh and his girlfriend as they are having sex.
Before Ai arrives to Mr. Satoh’s room, they are slow-motion scenes showing Yakuza storming into Mr. Satoh’s room, yelling at him for being a failure and restrains him. Despite his pleas, the Yakuza tie his girlfriend up and hooks her up with drugs, with him watching and being helpless to help her. The Yakuza then take turns sadistically raping and beating her.
The scene where the young client asks to be strangled is longer, showing Ai and Miyuki walking into his room being addressed as
The scene at the beginning is longer.
Famous artist Yayoi Kusama, know for het infinity rooms plays a role as fortune teller.
Our view on Tokyo Decadence
Tokyo Decadence is an erotic and sick movie at the same time. This movie leads you down the dark allies of human sexuality.
Tokyo decadence is a must for people interested in Tolture, sexuality and gender roles. It gives perfect examples of how power play somehow gets us excited, but mainly rests upon images of gender and sex we have invented inside our culture. Explotflix recommendation.
Trailer
Where to buy
DVD/VHS/Betamax/VCC LP
Watch on Vudu
Details
Genre: erotic
Released in: 1992
Era: nineties
Actors: Miho Nikaido
Director: Murakami Ryu
Poster artist: unknown
Music: Ryiichi Sakamoto
Country: Japan
