The Perfect Education

1999 1h 36m JA

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5.4

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★5.4TMDB · 14

Drama

Synopsis

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Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep and everlasting scar in his mind. He kidnaps her in search of a perfect marriage and intends to lock her in the room and 'educate' her to perform perfect sex where body and soul are united.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Naoto Takenaka
Iwazono
Hijiri Kojima
Kuniko
Kazuki Kitamura
Tsuda
Asami Sawaki
Midori
Shinya Tsukamoto
Moriyama
Katsuski Mizushima
Mitsuko Ishii
Shigeru Izumiya
Kawamata

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ben Wada
Writers: Kaneto Shindō
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Perfect Education Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ben Wada, shot by Yasushi Sasakibara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshiyuki Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Naoto Takenaka and Hijiri Kojima and Kazuki Kitamura carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0263854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Ben Wada directs. Yasushi Sasakibara behind the camera. Yoshiyuki Okuhara cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Perfect Education Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Ben Wada, shot by Yasushi Sasakibara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Yoshiyuki Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Naoto Takenaka and Hijiri Kojima and Kazuki Kitamura carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0263854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "bondage", "based on novel or book", "kidnapping", "sexuality".