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The Rules of Sexual Relations with Women

1963

Marie Shinoda, a half-Japanese nude dancer, returned to her hometown with her mother's ashes, fulfilling her mother's wish. Her island home was a remote island far from the mainland, where order was maintained by its own set of rules. Marie's mother, the most beautiful woman on the island, had been banished after marrying a foreigner visiting, and marriage to an "outsider" was strictly forbidden.

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Original Title 女犯の掟
Year 1963
Country Japan
Director Satoru Kobayashi

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The film constructs a stark drama from the clash between fragile individuality and the crude power of collective taboo. It explores exile and return, where a family's past becomes a daughter's burden.

What lingers after viewing is a harsh, parable-like tale about the price of freedom and the force of ingrained prejudice, where personal happiness is sacrificed to the law of the crowd. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Satoru Kobayashi

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Watch in subdued light, with minimal distraction, to absorb the oppressive atmosphere of isolation and latent cruelty.

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