Day Dream
Released: 1981
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Loosely based on a 1926 short story by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, the film opens as an artist and a young woman are in a dentist's waiting room. Though he is attracted to the woman, he says nothing to her. They are later in the same examining room. When he is given an anesthetic, he begins to imagine a series of scenes in which the woman undergoes various forms of sexual abuse, including rape and torture. When the artist recovers from the anesthetic, he finds clues showing that he may not have been hallucinating.
Starring: Kyōko Aizome, Kei Satō, Takemi Katsushika, Saeda Kawaguchi, Sengoro Shigeyama, Taiji Tonoyama
Directed by: Tetsuji Takechi
Written by: Junichirō Tanizaki, Tetsuji Takechi
Language: Japanese
Scenes
A woman is kidnapped, tied up, and suspended in the air while naked. She is whipped and has acupuncture needles thrown at her butt, and the pain finally causes her to pee.
Alternate Titles
Hakujitsumu