Zoom Up: Graduation Photo
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Zoom Up: Graduation Photo

4.3 / 10 1983 1h 10mNR Japanese
Drama

Storyline

For a little extra money a college student agrees to pose as a nude model for a magazine. But she finds out too late that the magazine is a pornographic one. When it gets published it causes problems with her boyfriend who happens to see it. She is persuaded into do a few more sessions and each time the setups becomes more extreme. She begins to lose herself in heat of passion and doesn’t notice the camera is shooting when the action turns into the real thing.

Cast & Crew

Reiko Nakamura

Reiko Nakamura

Yôko

Lead
YK

Yuka Koizumi

Junko

Hiroyuki Konishi

Hiroyuki Konishi

Naoya

Sumiko Minami

Sumiko Minami

Yôko's Mother

YM

Yasuo Minegishi

Yamada

MN

Mika Nakai

Rumi

JU

Jun Ueno

Sugi

YA

Yûji Aoki

Schoolboy A

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yoshihiro Kawasaki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Zoom Up: Graduation Photo is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker