Soak in Your Pleasure

A series of suspicious deaths have occurred in a provincial town, where men who were junior high school teachers, bank employees, and city hall employees have allegedly "committed suicide" one after another, leaving behind large amounts of debt. A woman working in the nightlife industry named Misato Katayama is said to have had some connection with the men. Reporter Osamu Kijima travels to the area to do some research for a weekly magazine, but...

Directed by Kunihiko Matsuoka, Soak in Your Pleasure leans on a strong ensemble — Toko Namiki, Sumire Kurokawa, Tôshi Yanagi — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 2019.