The Perfect Education

Jan 30, 1999

1h 36m

★ 5.4

Overview

Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep and everlasting scar in his mind. He kidnaps her in search of a perfect marriage and intends to lock her in the room and 'educate' her to perform perfect sex where body and soul are united.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Sedic International

Tokyo Theatres Company

The Perfect Education Trailers

Cast

Iwazono

Naoto Takenaka

Kuniko

Hijiri Kojima

Tsuda

Kazuki Kitamura

Midori

Asami Sawaki

Moriyama

Shinya Tsukamoto

Katsuski Mizushima

Mitsuko Ishii

Kawamata

Shigeru Izumiya

Sakiko

Eri Watanabe

Detective Omira

Guts Ishimatsu

Lawyer

Kei Satō

Noguchi

Katsu Nagashima

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