Love Exposure
Original title: Ai no mukidashi
“Jesus, forgive these morons.”
2008 · 3 h 57 min
Directed by 
Sion Sono
Sion SonoCast
Takahiro Nishijima Hikari Mitsushima 
Sakura Andô Yutaka Shimizu 
Makiko Watanabe Hiroyuki Onoue
Credits
Written by: Sion Sono
Plot
A young Catholic man, made to confess his sins by his father, becomes a skilled "upskirt" photographer, and falls for a girl in a cult, in a four-hour epic of religion and perversion.
Sinekatalog’s take
A wild, excessive and epic Japanese cult film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.0 / 10 (18,514 votes)
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