Video Dreams and Celluloid Nightmares: Three Films by Hisayasu Sato

Adored and abhorred in equal amounts, the dozens of pink films churned out by filmmaker Hisayasu Satô in the late 1980s and 90s frequently veer beyond any traditional notion of good taste in their examinations of voyeurism, obsession, and isolation in the waning days of Japan’s bubble era. 

Rarely—if ever—screened outside of Japan until their recent restorations by Vinegar Syndrome, Spectacle is thrilled to present a sampler of three of Satô’s most acclaimed and notorious films this month.

2K restorations by Vinegar Syndrome, courtesy of Muscle Distribution.