Film

Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice

1988 · 1h 36m · Drama · Thriller

IMDb

6.1

A decadent count in 1920′s Japan becomes obsessed with the life and works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted from the notorious writer’s novels and recruits thieves, prostitutes and low lives to act out his fantasies on stage for the delectation of his rich, jaded friends. In search of new sensations the nobleman orders one of the actors, on pain of death, to make love to the nobleman’s wife while he watches. Unfortunately, this incursion of real life into his fantasy world will have dire consequences for the count and his divinely decadent coterie.

Yasumi Hara

Renji Ishibashi

Leading Man in Play

Seiran Li

Count's Wife

Kimiaki Makino

Kōji Shimizu

Count Who Produces Plays

Kumiko Tachibana

Minori Terada

Miwako Yonezawa

Aoi Nakajima

Saeko Kizuki

Maria Himeno

• Akio JissojiDirector
• Rio KishidaScreenplay
• Marquis de SadeNovel
• Hidehiro ItoProducer
• Masao NakaboriDirector of Photography
• Osamu InoueEditor

Release date

August 27, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Drama, Thriller