Curse M

Engaging & Kinky Erotic Thriller
Switchblade DVD authoring have released another intriguing bit of Japanerotica with the disk entitled 'The Curse M' - based on the story "The Enchantress" by noted Japanese mystery/ero-author: Oniroku Dan. The box cover art on this DVD features a naked woman wrapped up by a large snake - a visual paean to Oniroku Dan's (more well known) "Flower and Snake" novella (and films)- but this movie differs in its' plot elements from the base story that the "Flower & Snake" franchise typically promulgates. (See my review of Switchblade's "Devil's Feast" for more about THAT).

"The Curse M" is an erotic thriller with many twists and turns, and features a lot of sex scenes as its' convoluted (71 min.) plot un-winds - including numerous examples of Japanese shibari style rope bondage. The plot involves a professional photographer, 'Uemura', who is out one day with his cute assistant 'Akemi' (who has a crush on him) shooting 'voyeur' pix for a magazine when his camera focuses on a...

Defiled
Mari has become a living temple where a fierce, female, Hindu goddess dwells, one that destroys male demons. There was a time Mari was as normal as any other young woman, but a horrific incident in a foreign land dramatically altered her psyche. Now she has become the central deity in a triumvirate of spirits all bent on the same agenda: the temple cannot remain barren of devotees.

Uemura a photographer is taking pictures of women with their face obscured from the camera's lens in the streets of a bustling city for a men's magazine, when he spots Mari walking along. She is obviously in mourning for someone dear to her. Mari's severe black dress, hat and lacey veil hide more of her than is revealed to Uemura. Just like the men who want to imagine about the women in his photographs, Uemura finds that he has become captivated by the mysterious woman in black.

In an unexpected meeting at a hot springs resort, Uemura accosts Mari under the pretense of getting an...



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