There is something very special about this beautiful Japanese film about two friends: a call girl (Reiko Kataoka) and a dominatrix (Sawa Suzuki). Directed by Banmei Takahashi, it eschews all the usual clichés of the genre and delivers a perfect slice-of-life erotic drama, in which any notions of shame or inhibition aren't just ignored, but seem literally non-existent. A minor masterpiece, quietly understated and visually stimulating; it was the first Japanese film to be shown in theaters uncensored and with full frontal nudity unfogged. "New Love In Tokyo" slightly resembles Lizzie Borden's "Working Girls" (1986) in its realism, but goes far beyond it in terms of eroticism and excitement.
