An acrylic painting on wood panel, titled 'Nude', collaging the backside of a nude woman, a woman's in a photoshoot whose body is disappearing in a flash of light, and another woman watching tv while eat chips. The remote control has fireworks shooting out.

Nude

(2010, Yuichi Onuma)

It wasn't a terrific film but it was worth the watch. It is a loose film adaptation of the autobiography of AV actress, Mihiro. From a small town, she moves to Tokyo in order to work in the airport, secretly dreaming of becoming an actress. A scout from an AV agency strings her along to eventually making adult movies. As the story progresses she loses the people closest to her and all contact back home. It's hard to be on her side as she doesn’t do well to express her motivation for doing all this but there are sobering moments that remind us these are complex individuals and not disposable eye candy.

As a feminist, I think this film is a reminder that it is still a system where for financial gain men manipulate the labor of women. It's not an even playing field and power harrassment runs rampant.


A screenshot from the movie 'Nude' of a young woman lying in bed under the covers looks up. An animated gif of a scene from the film 'Nude' of a young woman watching an adult movie on her TV while compulsively eating chips. A screenshot showing behind-the-scenes of an adult film shoot. Film crew can be seen working on set and a table of snacks is in the foreground. From the film 'Nude'.

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