There was a man, a novelist, who had unavoidably turned his hand to sensual novels for a living, but now made a living out of it. One morning while jogging, he picks up a lighter and cigarettes dropped by a bookstore owner, and decides to deliver them to the store. When there is no answer to the doorbell, he goes to the back of the store and looks in the slightly open window to find the owner tying up a female clerk and engaging in SM play.
Toshiki Satō
Director
Yasushi Kojima
Yoshio Asamori
Chinami Hayashida
Ritsuko
Hotaru Hazuki
Noriko
Anna Himenoki
Woman at river
Daikei Shimizu
Jogger
Kazuhiro Sano
Editor
Setsuhiko Kobayashi
Noriko's fiancé
Tsuyoshi Shimada
Man at river
Yumi Yoshiyuki
Dominatrix
Kaoru Yamashina
Submissive in S&M show
Kikujiro Honda
Nomura
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