Tattooed Core of Flower
In Konuma’s stylish and beautiful pink melodrama, a widowed dollmaker (Naomi Tani) and her pretty daughter find their close bond threatened by affairs and guilt.
In this pink film with Elektra overtones, the widowed Michiyo reawakens sexually after being drugged and defiled by a merchant, and becomes haunted by memories of a youthful affair. Meanwhile, her college-age daughter begins her first sexual relationship with a boy who’s oddly reminiscent of Michiyo’s lover. With the simultaneous grace and severity of a Kabuki play, the two women antagonistically vie for his attention. Konuma’s expertly staged erotic scenes and torrid symbolism are sure to electrify.
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