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Muscle

1989 58 min Japanese
Wubly rating 6.6 IMDb rating 6.3

“A tale of hidden obsessions & explicit desires.”

Ryuzaki, an editor of Muscle Magazine, which features photographs of men with sculpted bodies, becomes involved with a man named Kitami; their affair soon becomes dominated by sadomasochistic games, with a horrid result. Jump ahead one year, Ryuzaki is released from jail and goes in search of Kitami, perhaps to make amends.

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Cast

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Hisayasu Satō Director · Shirō Yumeno Writer

United States release June 9, 1994 · Produced in Japan · Production Shishi Production

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Original title

狂った舞踏会

Original language

Japanese

Spoken on screen

Japanese

Release dates

Japan · March 3, 1989

Theatrical

United States · June 9, 1994

Limited theatrical · San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

United States

May 11, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Film Noir Cinema

March 15, 2024 · Limited theatrical · Anthology Film Archives

Japan

June 22, 2000 · Physical · VHS

September 26, 2003 · Physical · Boys Love DVD

April 4, 2006 · Digital · DMM/Fanza

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