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57% Critic Match
Muscle
“A tale of hidden obsessions & explicit desires.”
5.7 / 10• 1989• 58m•NR• Japanese
ThrillerHorrorDrama
Storyline
Ryuzaki, an editor of Muscle Magazine, which features photographs of men with sculpted bodies, becomes involved with a man named Kitami; their affair soon becomes dominated by sadomasochistic games, with a horrid result. Jump ahead one year, Ryuzaki is released from jail and goes in search of Kitami, perhaps to make amends.
Cast & Crew
Takeshi Itō
Ryuzaki
Lead
Simon Kumai
Kitami
Kiyomi Itō
Yoko
YS
You Suzuki
Chida
J
June
Long Hair Hustler
M
Mabze
Hustler
RK
Reiki Koyama
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MH
Makoto Hirose
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hisayasu Satō's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Muscle is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
