A highly stylized, highly subjective Japanese film directed by Nagisa Oshima in 1964 which sees him first embrace the themes and visual motifs of pornography, sadism and obsession that characterise his later works. A murderer is blackmailed by a thief and turns it into a exploration and allegory of post-war materialism, greed and sexual exploitation. Starring Katsuo Nakamura, Mariko Kaga, Yumiko Nogawa.