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==User Rating==
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==Profile==
* '''Movie:''' Love Exposure
* '''Romaji:''' Ai no Mukidashi
* '''Japanese:''' 愛のむきだし
* '''Director:''' [[Sion Sono]]
* '''Writer:''' [[Sion Sono]]
* '''Producer:''' Yutaka Morohashi
* '''Cinematography:''' Souhei Tanigawa
* '''Action Design:''' [[Tak Sakaguchi]]
* '''Release Date:''' January 31, 2009
* '''Runtime:''' 237 min
* '''Genre:''' Drama / Romance
* '''Distirbutor:''' [[Phantom Film]]
* '''Language:''' Japanese
* '''Country:''' Japan

==Plot==
"Love Exposure" tells an epic tale of love, family, religion, and sex.

Yu Tsunoda and Yoko meet under the most unusual of circumstances. After Yu loses a bet with his friends he agrees to go into the city dressed as a woman and kiss the first woman he sees. When they go into the city Yu and his friends comes across a young teenage girl named Yoko who is surrounded by a group of thugs. Yu, still dressed as a woman, then helps Yoko beat up the gang of thugs. Afterwards Yu kisses Yoko and runs away. Yu for the first time falls in love with a girl, but Yoko falls in love with the woman in drag known only as Miss Scorpion.

Meanwhile, Yu is being followed by Aya Koike, a member of the cult group "Zero Church." Aya Koike devises a plan to bring Yu's entire family into the "Zero Church," but first she will gain the favor of Yoko by masquerading as Miss Scorpion.

==Cast==
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| [[Takahiro Nishijima]] '''Yu Tsunoda''' - 17 year old high school student. Yu looks for love from his father (who is a priest) , but his father has become emotionally detached from him. Because of this Yu starts to commit sins to regain his attention. During this time, Yu falls in love with a girl named Yoko. Yoko will later move into Yu's house to become his possible future step-sister.
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| [[Hikari Mitsushima]] '''Yoko''' - As a young girl Yoko was emotionally & perhaps sexually abused by her father. When her father brings home a new woman named Saori, Yoko becomes attached to Saori's free spirited ways and follows her when she leaves her father for the Roman Catholic priest Tetsu.
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| [[Atsuro Watabe]] '''Tetsu Tsunoda''' - Yu's father and a Roman Catholic priest. After he loses his wife to a terminal disease, he finds love once again with a fee spirited woman named Kaori. But, Kaori eventually leaves Tetsu and Tetsu falls into deep despair. During this time, Tetsu becomes emotionally detached from his own son Yu.
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| [[Makiko Watanabe]] '''Kaori Fujiwara''' - Kaori is a free spirited woman who one day appears in Tetsu's church. Kaori then throws herself onto Tetsu and they eventually become a couple. Because of Tetsu's refusal to reveal their relationship to the public at large, she leaves Tetsu to find a new boyfriend who has a teenage daughter named Yoko. Later, Kaori leaves her new boyfriend to return to Tetsu, but brings along Yoko.
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| [[Sakura Ando]] '''Aya Koike''' - Aya Koike was emotionally, physically, and sexually abused by her father. She eventually joins a religios cult group named "Church Zero." Saori then comes across Yu Tsunoda and becomes attracted to his unique mannerisms. Saori later hatches a plan to bring Yu's entire family into the Church Zero clan.
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'''Additional Cast Members:'''
* [[Keisuke Horibe]] - Yoko's father
* [[Yuko Genkaku]] - Aya Koike's friend
* [[Itsuji Itao]] - Aya Koike's father
* [[Hiroyuki Onoue]] - Takahiro
* [[Mami Nakamura]] - Yu no Haha
* [[Yutaka Shimizu]] - Yuji
* [[Mitsuru Kuramoto]] - Reikan Kaiga no Kyaku
* [[Shinji Miyadai]] - Kyokai Sensei
* [[Jai West]] - Bosozoku Rida
* [[Mitsuru Fukikoshi]] - Kyusai Kai no Shinpu
* [[Motoki Fukami]] - Kurabu Tenin
* [[Taka Okubo]] - Shinyu no Shinpu
* [[Sou Hirosawa]] - Kumi
* [[Jyonmyon Pe]] - Kangoshi
* [[Ryosuke Nagata]] - Kaiga Baiya
* [[Mayu Matsuoka]] - Yoko no Shinseki - Yuri
* [[Tasuku Nagaoka]] - Senpai
* [[Setchin Kawaya]] - Hentai Zangeshitsu - Toaru Otoko
* [[Nanami Hinata]] - Yoko childhood
* [[Nobuhiro Nishihara]] - Yu Tsunoda's classmate
* [[Usamaru Furuya]] - Miyanishi
* [[Nana Nagao]]
* [[Koji Ohguchi]]
* [[Yuya Kawamura]]
* [[Yuichiro Hirose]]
* [[Kaoru Sawayama]] - nurse
* [[Arata Yamanaka]]

==Trailers==
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==Film Festivals==
* [[2008 (9th) TOKYO FILMeX]] - November 22nd-30th - Special Screenings
* [[2009 (9th) Nippon Connection]] - April 15th-19th - Nippon Cinema
* [[2009 (11th) Udine Far East Film]] - April 24th-May 2nd (Italian Premiere)
* [[2009 (11th) Barcelona Asian Film Festival]] - April 30th-May 10th (Spain Premiere)
* [[2009 (8th) New York Asian Film Festival]] - June 19th-July 5th
* [[2009 (13th) Fantasia Film Festival]] - July 9th-29th (Canadian Premiere)
* [[2009 (13th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival]] - July 16th-26th - Strange Homage (Korean Premiere)
* [[2009 (29th) Hawaii International Film Festival]] - October 15th-25th - After Dark
* [[2009 (6th) Hong Kong Asian Film Festival]] - October 15th-30th - Director in Focus:Sion Sono
* [[2010 (10th) Nippon Connection]] - April 14-19 - Nippon Retro
* [[2015 (19th) Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival]] - July 16-26, 2015 - I’m (not) SONO Sion

==Awards==
* '''Agnes B. Award (Audience)''' - [[2008 (9th) TOKYO FILMeX]] - November 22nd-30th
* '''Audience Award''' - [[2009 (11th) Barcelona Asian Film Festival]] - April 30th-May 10th
* '''2009 Grand Jury Prize''' - [[2009 (8th) New York Asian Film Festival]] - June 19th-July 5th
* '''Jury Special Prize''' - [[2009 (13th) Fantasia Film Festival]] - July 9th-29th
* '''Best Female Performance''' - [[Hikari Mitsushima]] - [[2009 (13th) Fantasia Film Festival]] - July 9th-29th
* '''Best Asian Film (Gold)''' - [[2009 (13th) Fantasia Film Festival]] - July 9th-29th
* '''Most Innovative Film (Gold)''' - [[2009 (13th) Fantasia Film Festival]] - July 9th-29th
* '''Netpac Award (Special Mention)''' [[Sakura Ando]] & [[Hikari Mitsushima]] - [[2009 (13th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival]] - July 16th-26th
* '''Best New Artist''' ([[Hikari Mitsushima]]) - [[Hochi Film Awards|2009 (34th) Hochi Film Awards]] - November 2009
* '''Caligari Film Award''' ([[Sion Sono]]) - 59th [[Berlin International Film Festival]] - 2009
* '''FIPRESCI Prize''' ([[Sion Sono]]) - 59th [[Berlin International Film Festival]] - 2009

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==External Links==
* [http://www.ai-muki.com/ Official Website]

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