Topâzu (1992)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Ryû Murakami

Writers:

Ryû Murakami (book)
Ryû Murakami (screenplay)

Release Date:

30 April 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Erotic sex or dangerous fantasy?

Plot:

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types...

Plot Keywords:

Yakuza | Mental Breakdown | Tokyo Japan | Erotica | Heroin

Cast

Miho Nikaido	...	Ai
Sayoko Amano
Tenmei Kano
Kan Mikami
Masahiko Shimada	...	Mr. Ishioka (Mr. Satoh)
Yayoi Kusama
Chie Sema
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hiroshi Mikami	...	Young Client (uncredited)

Directed by
Ryû Murakami

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ryû Murakami		book
Ryû Murakami		screenplay

Produced by
Chosei Funahara	....	producer
Tadanobu Hirao	....	producer: JVD/Jei Bui Dii
Yousuke Nagata	....	producer
Akiuh Suzuki	....	producer
Hank Blumenthal	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Ryûichi Sakamoto

Cinematography by
Tadashi Aoki

Film Editing by
Kazuki Katashima

Other crew
Peter Fernandez	....	voice director: English version
Michael Charles Hill	....	distribution and marketing coordinator
Tom Hughes	....	translator
Masahiro Yoshikawa	....	translator

Production Companies

• Cinemabrain
• Japan Video Distribution (JVD) Co. Ltd.
• Melsat Inc.
• Ryu Murakami Office

Distributors

• Films sans Frontières (France) (theatrical)
• América Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Cinema Epoch (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Firebox (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Northern Arts Entertainment (1993) (USA) (subtitled)
• SBP (Argentina) (video)
• Transmission Films Ltd. (2002) (worldwide) (internet)
• Triboro Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Sex Dreams of Topaz (Hong Kong: English title) (X-rated version)
Tokyo Decadence (USA)
Topaz

MPAA:

Rated NC-17 for strong, explicit, sado-masochistic sexuality.

Runtime:

135 min | USA:112 min | Italy:92 min (heavily cut) | Germany:85 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM18 | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2007) | Argentina:18 | Australia:(Banned) | Canada:R | France:-16 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cinemabrain

Quotes:

Ai: I'm at your disposal, sir

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Dark Angel: Boo (#2.5)" (2001)

happy girl's unhappy adventure

A call girl who works for the S&M service went through 6 sessions of bizarre sexual adventure. She was abused physically and mentally by the clients. I think this movie is great because it gives you a view of Japanese sexual culture in the 90's. Overworked men seek excitment in perverted sexual endeavors. Women's status in a society can be seen through the degrading sexual practice. A great film for adults. However, if you are looking for sex go watch "In the realm of senses".