Muscle

Muscle

A tale of hidden obsessions & explicit desires.

1989•58m•5.7/10

ThrillerHorrorDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(11)

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.

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Production

ENK Promotion, Shishi Production

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Takeshi Itō

Takeshi Itō

Ryuzaki

Simon Kumai

Simon Kumai

Kitami

Kiyomi Itō

Kiyomi Itō

Yoko

You Suzuki

Chida

June

Long Hair Hustler

Mabze

Hustler

Reiki Koyama

Makoto Hirose

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