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18A(18A) Sexual Violence

Synopsis

Japanese-language Science Fiction/Horror. Two men (Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Tomorowo Taguchi) react with violence when their organic bodies are gradually replaced with crude metal parts.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context
  • Infrequent portrayals of weapons violence, some in a context of self-harm - blood and detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexual assault in a horror context - blood, buttock nudity, little detail
  • Frequent portrayals of grotesque transformations - blood, pain, and detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, some detail

Thematic elements

  • Surrealism
  • Trauma and revenge
  • Nihilism

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for portrayals of sexual assault in a horror context

Classification date

August 05, 2015

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