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  • 2000
  • R
  • Tidepoint Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • Tidepoint Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary A beautifully crafted and darkly comic exploration of innocence and perversity. Shiota gets a great deal of mileage out of the extreme contrast between the film's placid surface - that of a lightweight teen romance - and it's underlying themes of sexual degradation and control. (Viz Films)

Written By: Akihiko Shiota, Masahiko Kikuni, Yôichi Nishiyama

  • 2000
  • R
  • Tidepoint Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • Tidepoint Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Sasayaki

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 10 User Ratings
5.9
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Summary A beautifully crafted and darkly comic exploration of innocence and perversity. Shiota gets a great deal of mileage out of the extreme contrast between the film's placid surface - that of a lightweight teen romance - and it's underlying themes of sexual degradation and control. (Viz Films)

Written By: Akihiko Shiota, Masahiko Kikuni, Yôichi Nishiyama

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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Except for a few slow patches, the movie is compulsively watchable: You keep waiting to see just how sick things are going to get.
By Andy Klein FULL REVIEW
75
A disturbing, and disturbingly funny, twist on adolescent love, and Shiota captures the emotional avalanche with understanding.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
63
Surprisingly poignant, thanks to its enduring sense of tenderness.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
63
Newcomer Akihiko Shiota shows talent as a director, but he allows Sasayaki to go on too long.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
50
There's a little more sex than you'll see on WB, but mostly there's an atmosphere of brooding psychodrama and erotic cruelty that falls somewhere between "Cries and Whispers" and "Say Anything."
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
50
It's not always clear what this film is driving at, but Shiota makes the weirdness visually arresting.
By Peter Stack FULL REVIEW
50
Good acting and understated filmmaking turn off-putting material into a mildly engrossing drama, if not a particularly compelling one.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Nikkatsu
Release Date Nov 17, 2000
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
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Tagline femdom
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Awards

Japanese Professional Movie Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Yokohama Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Hochi Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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