An examination of midlife crisis that's able to tap into the collective trauma the world has experienced due to the domesticated isolation we've had to endure over the course of a global pandemic. An intoxicatingly mesmerizing exploration of the blissful highs and soul crushing lows that encapsulates the core humanistic aspects of life. It's equal parts engrossing as it is life-affirming.
TRANSLATION: It's good. It's really fucking good.
Antiporno explores female identity and sexual oppression in true Sono fashion. But it isn't the only film of his to do so. His psychosexual nightmare Guilty of Romance and surreal film Tag similarly tackle these themes. These three films could be seen as Sono's "woman of contemporary Japan" series with the exploration of the female condition at its core.
Antiporno is part of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno Reboot, a project set up to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the genre that…
