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Sexual Drive

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Sexual Drive

Released Apr 22, 2022

1h 10m

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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-induced panic attacks. In the final third, elite advertising agent Ikeyama wants to end a relationship with his lover. Connecting all three is a shabby man who calls himself Kurita. He appears and presents each with a secret. Both suspicious and revolting, Kurita gradually reveals to each deep, mouth-watering truths regarding their sexual drive...

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

Yoshida’s giddy fetishism makes for its own simple fun. For all of his movie’s empty calories, there’s still an aftertaste of truth to the idea that holds its predictably heteronormative trio of stories together.

Rated: B-

Apr 22, 2022

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

Consistently intriguing and occasionally hilarious...

Apr 21, 2022

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

This peculiar exercise in the humor of mortification may make you squirm, but it will almost certainly also make you laugh.

May 2, 2022

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Josh Bell

Crooked Marquee

It's not exactly sexy, but it's hard to turn away from.

Rated: B

Apr 27, 2022

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

With its bonkers sensibility, the film is bright and often wickedly funny, cleverly exploring the shifting power of attraction. And it's packed with profound observations that linger.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 26, 2022

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

The translation team does an incredible job conveying the sexual nature of each story in a way that is both poetic and titillating.

Rated: 7.5/10

Apr 24, 2022

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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-induced panic attacks. In the final third, elite advertising agent Ikeyama wants to end a relationship with his lover. Connecting all three is a shabby man who calls himself Kurita. He appears and presents each with a secret. Both suspicious and revolting, Kurita gradually reveals to each deep, mouth-watering truths regarding their sexual drive...

Director: Kôta Yoshida
Producer: Tsuyoshi Goto
Screenwriter: Kôta Yoshida
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Shaiker
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 22, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 1h 10m

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