Today¡¯s viewers may have grown desensitized to screen violence and CGI spectacle, but there¡¯s still something bracing about seeing an actor go beyond the call of duty for a role.
Ryuichi Hiroki¡¯s ¡°Ride or Die,¡± which will be released worldwide on Netflix this month, is likely to get people talking in a way that few of the streaming giant¡¯s Japanese originals have managed so far. The film is a torrid, emotionally bruising tale of sexuality, class, domestic abuse and murder, featuring a pair of extraordinarily committed performances by its stars, Kiko Mizuhara and Honami Sato.
It¡¯s also one of the most sexually explicit movies to come out of Japan in recent memory, at least beyond the realms of the adult entertainment industry.
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