Grappled in sex, money, and greed, the film orbits around an ageing powerful businessman Chairman Yoon (Baek Yun-shik) who is leaving his wife Baek Geum-ok (Youn Yuh-jung) because he fell for a Filipino maid Eva (Maui Taylor). The Taste of Money is a controversial R rated Korean movie that caused a stir for its representation of the wealthiest families in South Korea. Set in a cinematic and poetic landscape, the movie is beautifully laid out and if you go past the dark misery behind all its characters, it's almost calming to watch. Sounds intriguing? Yes, it's compelling and grotesque, a movie that is hard to forget once you’ve watched it. This movie made quite a stir when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival as it left people vomiting and fainting while watching the film. Her conflict begins when she becomes obsessed with a former police officer haunted by the past of murdering his girlfriend. The story is about a woman who lives in a remote lake selling goods to fishermen by day and prostitutes herself at night. Korean erotica navigates the plashes of sexual desire and has everything from action, drama, thriller, romance, and fantasy, with some pretty absurd storylines. The film tackles Christianity with Asian sensibilities, balanced with an eroticism that somehow never verges to be exploitative. The Christ Of Nanjing (1995) (Hong Kong/Japan)ĭirected by Tony Au and starring Tony Leung Ka-fai and Yasuko Tomita – who won the best actress award at the 1995 Tokyo International Film Festival for her performance in the film – The Christ Of Nanjing is a tragic love story between a Japanese author and a Chinese country girl in Nanjing. One thing to note, you will never look at flutes the same way again. From this, his erotic sexual exploits begin. One of its memorable scenes, which is actually the most unerotic part of the film, is when the protagonist has a horse's genitalia surgically grafted onto his body.
It shares the same 'penile mutilation' as In The Realm of the Senses but not on a serious note, rather as part of it's outlandish humour. The story revolves around a Ming Dynasty scholar's lust and sexual rampage. Sex and Zen is a softcore sex comedy that in certain parts of the movie almost border on oddity. No erotic Asian list would be complete without this Hong Kong erotic cinema milestone which eventually spawned numerous sequels including a blockbuster 3D rendition in 2011. Plus, the fact that it’s a true story, makes it a very sad one. However vile and unsettling, if you finish the movie until the end with a profound understanding, you'll realise that it is a movie about love. The film is an insightful experience into an erotic work of art, with the ability to sexually arouse the viewer, but at the same time reduce the stimulation to revolt, shock, and awe. So, you may think you know the ending, but that's just the plot.
After her partner's death, Sada then cut off his penis and carried it around with her for days before the police found her. Directed by Nagisa Ōshima, In The Realm of the Senses is based on the true story of Sada Abe, who murdered her lover in erotic asphyxiation in 1936. Gut-wrenching, visceral, and sexually explicit, this movie is one of the best erotic films ever made. In The Realm of the Senses (1976) – Japan It offers some tasteful, sensual scenes that will send temperatures soaring to tropical climes. The film underscores incest, adultery, and betrayal set in sepia-toned cinematography, and presented through its well-crafted characters. Feeling rejected and looking for consolation, his predicament leads him to a life filled with sexual exploits. He grew up with a father that despised him because his mother died from childbirth. The story revolves around the protagonist Jan Dara who was born into a wealthy family in 1930s Thailand. It later spawned various versions released in 20 which also made the headlines.
Directed and co-written by Nonzee Nimibutr, the film was controversial not only in Thailand but also in the S.A.R. Based on a famous novel, this Thai erotic-period-drama stars Hong Kong's very own, Christy Chung.