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After a particularly rough session, prostitute Ai (Miho Nikaido; Henry Fool) consults a fortune teller (Yayoi Kusama) who advises her to do three things to safeguard herself: 1) place a telephone directory under her television set, 2) avoid art galleries in the east, and 3) find a pink stone and have it made into a ring.

Still pining for her celebrity ex-boyfriend (novelist Masahiko Shimada) who left the country six months before and has since returned without contacting her, Ai is eager to try anything to better her life. Ai puts the phone books under her television, is not planning to travel anytime soon, and buys an expensive topaz ring.

Her next assignment is an extended threesome with crooked businessman Satoh (author Tenmei Kano) and his mistress that is intense but monetarily rewarding. During this encounter, she manages to lose the topaz ring; however, the next day she and another prostitute (Sayoko Amano) - whose dominant nature she envies - are sent back to the same hotel for another client.

Tokyo Decadence is released on DVD and Blu-ray 29th January 2024 from 88 Films.

Special Features

  • Audio commentary by Japanese film specialists Jasper Sharp and Tom Mes
  • Original Promotional Featurette
  • New improved subtitles by Hayley Scanlon
  • Trailers
  • Booklet essay by critic Hayley Scanlon
  • Includes OBI Strip