Guilty of Romance
| Guilty of Romance | |
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| Directed by | Sion Sono |
| Screenplay by | Sion Sono |
| Story by | Misue Kunizane |
| Produced by | Yoshinori Chiba Nobuhiro Iizuka |
| Starring | Miki Mizuno Makoto Togashi Megumi Kagurazaka |
| Cinematography | Sōhei Tanikawa |
| Edited by | Jun'ichi Itō |
| Music by | Yasuhiro Morinaga |
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| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Guilty of Romance (恋の罪, Koi no Tsumi) is a 2011 Japanese erotic romantic thriller film directed by Sion Sono. Sono's screenplay is based on a story by Misue Kunizane, which was inspired by the 1997 murder of Yasuko Watanabe. The plot follows two interweaving storylines, the first involving the investigation of a murder in a Tokyo love hotel district, the second about a neglected wife (played by Sono's wife Megumi Kagurazaka) seeking her carnal desires through nude modeling and prostitution.
Two versions of the film exist: the original Japanese cut (144 minutes) and an international edit (113 minutes). The former is currently unavailable outside of Japan, France, Germany, and the United States.