Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
- Year: 1988
- Country of origin: Japan
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Director: Akio Jissôji
- Length: 96 min
Film Synopsis
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice (1988) follows a decadent count in 1920s Japan whose obsession with the libertine writings of the Marquis de Sade leads him to found a private theatre where criminals, misfits, and society’s low lives perform provocative adaptations for his wealthy circle. As staged fantasy and cruel reality merge, the count’s demand for ever more extreme enactments draws all involved deeper into moral decay and personal peril. This Japanese drama‑thriller blends decadent theatrical spectacle and simmering psychological tension in a provocative meditation on desire and excess.
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice DVD editions
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| Disc Extras | Mondo Macabro DVD-0/US/OOP 2009 |
|---|---|
| Mondo Macabro: “The Erotic Empire” | |
| Interview with Jasper Sharp | |
| About Nikkatsu Studios - Written by Pete Tombs | |
| About the Film - Written by Pete Tombs | |
| Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Mondo Macabro’s “The Erotic Empire” extra is also on its DVDs of Naked Rashomon (1972), Assault! Jack the Ripper (1976), The Watcher in the Attic (1976), Sins of Sister Lucia (1978) and Female Prisoner: Caged! (1983).
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