Be Extremely Numb
A sensual drama depicting the sad end of a fateful love story between a traumatized woman who is unable to love the opposite sex. Naomi Tani, who gained popularity as the "Queen of SM," teams up with director Kinya Ogawa, a big name in pink movies, to passionately portray the wavering love of a man-hating chef. Oku (Naomi Tani), who runs a sushi restaurant, is admired by many of the regulars for her bewitching appearance and skillful chef, but due to abuse from her late father, she has lost faith in men and is drowning in lust with Kazue. Oku witnesses Kazue having a relationship with a man, and is shocked when she meets the mysterious chef Shinkichi (Shohei Yamamoto).
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Cast
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Naomi Tani
Oku
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Hiroko Fuji
Oku's mother Otsaku
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Yuka Morimura
Kazue
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Sukekomashi no okite SEX hōrō-ki
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Kenji Miyase
Newspaper reporter Sen-sa
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Hana to hebi yori: niku no shiiku
Shinkon shoya no tehodoki
Hiroshi Imaizumi
President Konno
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Shōhei Yamamoto
Kumabe's companion
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Sister Street Fighter
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
Yukari Oku
Shizue Nara
Maki Murasame
Masumi Yamatani
Maid Kimi
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Panty Operation
Sex Pinch
Sakae Nitta
Yuji Ishizuka
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100 Years of Torture: The History
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Jun Ogawa
Sosuke
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Kinya Ogawa Director · Akio Kanda Screenplay Jun Totsuka Story
First release May 1, 1973 · Produced in Japan · Production Shintoho Pictures
Production
Roppo Eiga
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Shintoho Pictures
Production
Japan
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Original title
谷ナオミ しびれる
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 1, 1973
Theatrical · Original release as "Iro Knife"
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
July 1, 1978 · Theatrical · Shintoho re-release as "Be Extremely Numb"
March 9, 2023 · Physical · Comma Vision DVD
May 24, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Laputa
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