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Summary Sexual Drive is an unconventional triptych - equal parts thriller, sex comedy, and gastronomy - following the seemingly unconnected lives of three people around Japan and their appetites, both culinary and carnal. In the first story, designer Enatsu worries about his sexless marriage. Next, office worker Akane is recovering from driving-...

Directed By: Kôta Yoshida

Written By: Kôta Yoshida

  • 2022
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 10 m
  • 2022
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 10 m

Sexual Drive

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Sexual Drive is an unconventional triptych - equal parts thriller, sex comedy, and gastronomy - following the seemingly unconnected lives of three people around Japan and their appetites, both culinary and carnal. In the first story, designer Enatsu worries about his sexless marriage. Next, office worker Akane is recovering from driving-...

Directed By: Kôta Yoshida

Written By: Kôta Yoshida

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75
Apr 23, 2022
There’s enough good and exciting to recommend Sexual Drive, but oh, the sweet-savory possibilities that were missed.
By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 21, 2022
Consistently intriguing and occasionally hilarious, the movie does not depict sex itself. Instead, the characters eat food items that become objects of titillation, lust and pleasure: the sticky goo around soybeans, chili oil sizzling in a wok.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW
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Apr 21, 2022
Anyone expecting a three-course meal as rich and nuanced as Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” (or even a single dish as sumptuous as Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo”) might find themselves disappointed by a quick and dirty film that only aspires to offer the satisfaction of a light dessert, but Yoshida’s giddy fetishism makes for its own simple fun.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 19, 2022
This three-part picture is more interesting than titillating, a film best appreciated as a semi-sordid slice of interior lives in a culture that worships good manners and may or may not have invented pornography, but certainly perfected it in either case.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Shaiker
Release Date Apr 22, 2022
Duration 1 h 10 m
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Awards

Rotterdam International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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