Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice (1988)
A decadent count in 1920′s Japan becomes obsessed with the life and works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted from the notorious writer’s novels and recruits thieves, prostitutes and low lives to act out his fantasies on stage for the delectation of his rich, jaded friends. In search of new sensations the nobleman orders one of the actors, on pain of death, to make love to the nobleman’s wife while he watches. Unfortunately, this incursion of real life into his fantasy world will have dire consequences for the count and his divinely decadent coterie.
Director:
Akio Jissoji
Writer:
Rio Kishida
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Yasumi Hara as |
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Renji Ishibashi as Leading Man in Play |
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Seiran Li as Count's Wife |
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Kimiaki Makino as |
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Kōji Shimizu as Count Who Produces Plays |
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Kumiko Tachibana as |
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Minori Terada as |
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Miwako Yonezawa as |
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Aoi Nakajima as |
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Saeko Kizuki as |
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Maria Himeno as |
| Directing | Akio Jissoji | Director |
| Writing | Rio Kishida | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marquis de Sade | Novel |
| Production | Hidehiro Ito | Producer |
| Art | Noriyoshi Ikeya | Production Design |
| Camera | Masao Nakabori | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Osamu Inoue | Editor |
| Sound | Isao Matsushita | Music |
| Lighting | Kenji Ushiba | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Eiji Kimura | Sound Recordist |