Overview

Loosely based on a 1926 short story by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, the film opens as an artist and a young woman are in a dentist's waiting room. Though he is attracted to the woman, he says nothing to her. They are later in the same examining room. When he is given an anesthetic, he begins to imagine a series of scenes in which the woman undergoes various forms of sexual abuse, including rape and torture. When the artist recovers from the anesthetic, he finds clues showing that he may not have been hallucinating.

Cast

Kyōko Aizome, Kei Satō, Takemi Katsushika, Saeda Kawaguchi, Sengoro Shigeyama, Taiji Tonoyama, Chieda Kawaguchi, Yuri Yau

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What is "Day Dream" about?

Loosely based on a 1926 short story by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, the film opens as an artist and a young woman are in a dentist's waiting room. Though he is attracted to the woman, he says nothing to her. They are later in the same examining room. When he is given an anesthetic, he begins to imagine a series of scenes in which the woman undergoes various forms of sexual abuse, including rape and torture. When the artist recovers from the anesthetic, he finds clues showing that he may not have been hallucinating.

When was "Day Dream" released?

Day Dream was released in 1981.

Who stars in "Day Dream"?

The cast includes Kyōko Aizome, Kei Satō, Takemi Katsushika, Saeda Kawaguchi.