Fruits of Passion

Fruits of Passion French Les fruits de la passion, Japanese Shanghai Ijin Shkan China Doll ? is a 1981 FrenchJapanese coproduction directed by Shji Terayama and starring Klaus Kinski. The film is loosely based on the novel Retour Roissy by Pauline Rage, written as a sequel to the Story of O.

The film was released in France onJune 1981 as Les fruits de la passion and as Shanghai Ijin Shkan China Doll in Japan with censoring of the pubic areas in November 1981. The USA release as Fruits of Passion with English dubbing occurred in November 1982. A version in Japanese with English subtitles on VHS tape and DVD was published as Fruits of Passion The Story of O Continued onJune 2000. A digitally remastered version of the film was released in Japan in Japanese, English and French with Japanese subtitles in December 2005.Reaction to the film has been mixed, Roberta Novielli described it as shallow and decadent and Jasper Sharp calls it minor Terayama whose charms are mainly cosmetic, the costuming, sets and cinematography. Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser give the movie three stars out of four but say it is based on the look of the film and not on its narrative or coherence. ........

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