Takeshi, an alienated young man spends his lonely days obsessively following total strangers. He is employed to observe the movements of a beautiful but disturbed doctor, whose behavior is c... Read allTakeshi, an alienated young man spends his lonely days obsessively following total strangers. He is employed to observe the movements of a beautiful but disturbed doctor, whose behavior is causing concern.Takeshi, an alienated young man spends his lonely days obsessively following total strangers. He is employed to observe the movements of a beautiful but disturbed doctor, whose behavior is causing concern.
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Following my week-long Hisayasu Sato birthday binge, I revisited Love - Zero = Infinity, a film that, in the context of his other work, feels superior in terms of writing. It's a film that ignores the usual genre trappings and just exists as a cold, bleak statement. Sato ditches his voyeuristic video obsession and moves on to something much heavier: a world of blood, disease, and a general sense of rot.
The narrative follows an alienated young man, Takeshi Ito, who is hired to follow a doctor's wife, Kiyomi. He soon discovers a horrifying reality, she is a modern-day vampire, but not in a fantastical sense. She is infected with a pathogen, and her victims are those she feels failed to take proper precautions with contaminated materials in her past. This is a story where AIDS and vampirism become a chilling metaphor for the transmission of suffering, loneliness, and despair.
Visually, this is one of Sato's best films-grey, stark, with cool shots and reflections in glasses that give it a detached, clinical feel. The characters aren't driven by desire but by a shared emptiness. Takeshi and Kiyomi are like two ghosts just bumping into each other, trying to find some fleeting warmth. Their interactions, especially a scene in a dark room, are stripped of all typical eroticism. It's just two people connecting over a shared misery. The film is quiet and builds its dread slowly, using unsettling moments like the appearance of younger versions of themselves as a reminder that this misery has a history.
Ultimately, Love - Zero = Infinity is Sato in a zonked-out zone, one of his most unforgiving. He uses the AIDS crisis as a backdrop, not for cheap shock, but to explore the idea of contagious hopelessness. Kiyomi's "vampirism" is her way of sharing her pain, and Takeshi finds a grim purpose in it. It's about how hard it is to find a real connection in a world that's already broken. The ending is final and brutal, a perfect cap on the whole thing. It just confirms that some things can't be fixed, and sometimes, all you're left with is a terrifying amount of nothing.
The narrative follows an alienated young man, Takeshi Ito, who is hired to follow a doctor's wife, Kiyomi. He soon discovers a horrifying reality, she is a modern-day vampire, but not in a fantastical sense. She is infected with a pathogen, and her victims are those she feels failed to take proper precautions with contaminated materials in her past. This is a story where AIDS and vampirism become a chilling metaphor for the transmission of suffering, loneliness, and despair.
Visually, this is one of Sato's best films-grey, stark, with cool shots and reflections in glasses that give it a detached, clinical feel. The characters aren't driven by desire but by a shared emptiness. Takeshi and Kiyomi are like two ghosts just bumping into each other, trying to find some fleeting warmth. Their interactions, especially a scene in a dark room, are stripped of all typical eroticism. It's just two people connecting over a shared misery. The film is quiet and builds its dread slowly, using unsettling moments like the appearance of younger versions of themselves as a reminder that this misery has a history.
Ultimately, Love - Zero = Infinity is Sato in a zonked-out zone, one of his most unforgiving. He uses the AIDS crisis as a backdrop, not for cheap shock, but to explore the idea of contagious hopelessness. Kiyomi's "vampirism" is her way of sharing her pain, and Takeshi finds a grim purpose in it. It's about how hard it is to find a real connection in a world that's already broken. The ending is final and brutal, a perfect cap on the whole thing. It just confirms that some things can't be fixed, and sometimes, all you're left with is a terrifying amount of nothing.
Takeshi Ito plays an alienated young man whose girlfriend just broke off their romance.He has become obsessed with following strangers around.He is hired to follow a Doctor around when one of her colleagues who also happens to be her husband suspects she is losing grip on reality and becoming vampire serial killer.The more Takashi watches the beautiful doctor the more fixated he becomes with her.One day his cover is blown when she catches him following her.The love affair between two alienated souls ends in tragedy..."Love-Zero=Infinity" is a metaphor of a world dealing with AIDS/HIV hysteria.Sato's vision of lonely vampires is as dark as they come.The performances are natural and the sex scenes are highly erotic.The film is filled with alienation,discommunication and despair.The scene of two junkyard teenagers,who are addicted to what they call "Blood Rush",injecting each other's blood as the ultimate form of intimacy is hauntingly beautiful.Life is just running towards death,so it's time for the last act of devotion.8 out of 10.
A man seemingly detached from society starts following UFO's. Unidentified Followed Objects. Then starts following a woman who dresses in all black wearing dark sunglasses. It is difficult to give more out without it containing spoilers. All of this to the background of blood itself as if it's a character although you rarely see any. Plus it is learning more of all the characters involved as everyone has their own story that develops and that is the enjoyment in watching this film.
This is one of the highlights from Director Hisayasu Satõ. The entire cast, especially Satõ regular Kiyomi Ito are all excellent. The story is definitely dark. But the story and characters are more complex for a film just over an hour. I found my mind working overtime to better understand everything going on. For a movie that moves relatively slow, it seemed to go by quick.
This fits the definition of a Pink Eiga. Several sex scenes and nudity. Interesting enough it didn't feel like a Pink Eiga to me. It felt like a very engaging drama.
I highly recommend this film if you like dramas.
This is one of the highlights from Director Hisayasu Satõ. The entire cast, especially Satõ regular Kiyomi Ito are all excellent. The story is definitely dark. But the story and characters are more complex for a film just over an hour. I found my mind working overtime to better understand everything going on. For a movie that moves relatively slow, it seemed to go by quick.
This fits the definition of a Pink Eiga. Several sex scenes and nudity. Interesting enough it didn't feel like a Pink Eiga to me. It felt like a very engaging drama.
I highly recommend this film if you like dramas.
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