Sexual Drive (film)
2021 Japanese anthology film
Sexual Drive is a 2021 Japanese anthology film written and directed by Kōta Yoshida. The film is a black comedy triptych that explores human desire, sexuality, and psychological obsession through the recurring metaphor of food—specifically natto, mapo tofu, and ramen. It stars Manami Hashimoto, Ryo Ikeda, Honami Satō, Mukau Nakamura, Tateto Serizawa, Shogen and Rina Takeda.
The film had its world premiere in the Big Screen Competition at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on 4 February 2021, and was theatrically released in Japan by Shaiker on 29 April 2022. In the United States it was released by Film Movement in virtual cinemas and on VOD on 22 April 2022.
Fortissimo Films handles worldwide sales of Sexual Drive, which screened at a number of international festivals including the Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival, the Moscow International Film Festival, New Horizons International Film Festival, the Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival, the Fantasia International Film Festival, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Offscreen Film Festival in Brussels, Asian Film Festival Barcelona and the Seoul International Food Film Festival.
Plot
The film is divided into three distinct segments, each named after a dish and centered around a specific sexual or psychological complex. All three episodes are linked by the recurring character Kurita, a shabby, unsettling man who confronts each protagonist with a secret that exposes their repressed desires.
Natto
Enatsu (Ryo Ikeda), a designer leading a sexless married life, is approached by a strange man named Kurita (Tateto Serizawa), who claims to be investigating an extramarital affair involving Enatsu's wife Megumi (Manami Hashimoto). Over the course of their conversation, Kurita vividly describes Megumi eating sticky natto, turning the act of eating into an erotic performance.
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