“A fetishistic exploration of food and sex.”
— David Ehrlich, IndieWire
“[F]ascinating…darkly funny and surprisingly sexy…[and] the scene in the middle story in which the woman…makes up some extremely spicy tofu… contains more genuine erotic heat in just a couple of minutes than the entire Fifty Shades of Grey
franchise put together”
— Peter Sobczynski, eFilmCritic.com
“70 minutes of genius and perverted bliss.”
— Lorry Kitka, Film Threat
“Consistently intriguing and occasionally hilarious, the movie does not depict sex itself.
Instead, the characters eat food items that become objects of titillation, lust and pleasure:
the sticky goo around soybeans, chili oil sizzling in a wok.”
— Natalia Winkelman, The New York Times
“An absurdly satisfying romp…”
— David Cuevas, FilmHounds
THIS UNCONVENTIONAL JAPANESE TRIPTYCH — EQUAL PARTS THRILLER, SEX COMEDY AND GASTRONOMY – FOLLOWS
THE LIVES OF A TRIO OF SEEMINGLY UNCONNECTED PEOPLE AND THEIR APPETITES, BOTH CULINARY AND CARNAL
SEXUAL DRIVE
Street Date: July 12, 2022
DVD/Digital: $24.95
SYNOPSIS
SEXUAL DRIVE, from writer-director Kôta Yoshida, is an unconventional triptych – equal parts thriller, sex comedy, and gastronomy – following the seemingly unconnected lives of three people around Japan and their appetites, both culinary and carnal. In the first story, a designer worries about his sexless marriage. Next, an office worker struggles to recover from driving-induced panic attacks. In the third, an elite advertising agent wants to end a relationship with his lover. Connecting all three tales is Kurita, a mysterious stranger who reveals mouth-watering secrets to each person about their sexual drive.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Genre: World Cinema/Drama
Running Time: 70 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen
Audio: 2.0 Stereo
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
About Film Movement
Founded in 2002, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide including the Oscar-nominated films Theeb (2016) and Corpus Christi (2020). Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, King Hu, Sergio Corbucci, Ettore Scola and Luchino Visconti. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com. Visit www.filmmovementplus.com for more information about Film Movement Plus, the new subscription streaming service from Film Movement.
