Muscle

Mar 3, 1989

0h 58m

★ 5.7

A tale of hidden obsessions & explicit desires.

Overview

Ryuzaki, an editor of Muscle Magazine, which features photographs of men with sculpted bodies, becomes involved with a man named Kitami; their affair soon becomes dominated by sadomasochistic games, with a horrid result. Jump ahead one year, Ryuzaki is released from jail and goes in search of Kitami, perhaps to make amends.

Genres

Thriller

Horror

Drama

Production Companies

ENK Promotion

Shishi Production

Muscle Trailers

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Cast

Ryuzaki

Takeshi Itō

Kitami

Simon Kumai

Yoko

Kiyomi Itō

Chida

You Suzuki

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