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A Man Who Spends All His Time Outside Work on Sex—

He browses adult websites and collects videos. He engages in one-night stands with both strangers and professionals. His name is Brandon. Though he is a capable employee valued by his superiors, he suffers from sex addiction, a modern societal illness. Yet, in his stylish apartment where he lives alone, the time he dedicated to diligently focusing on sex each day was, in a sense, a life of consistency.

The equilibrium of this established single life is shattered by the sudden arrival of his sister, Sissy. Brandon, who lives by suppressing emotions and seeking no emotional connection with others, and Sissy, who craves the love of others and lives as a bundle of passion. The two, existing at opposite poles, clash violently, their feelings misaligned, deepening their individual loneliness.



As if to vent his uncontrollable frustration towards his sister, you will feel an inexplicable sense of unease on a visceral level watching Brandon pursue only meaningless pleasure. This unease stems from what truly happened in the family that this brother and sister once belonged to—and from the fact that the reason Brandon seeks sex so desperately is never explained. What is the true "shame" that Brandon desperately hides, camouflaged by sex...?

When you can "feel" the unspoken "shame," you will have a rare experience unlike any other. You will glimpse the entirety of a man's life, someone you thought lived in a completely different world, in an instant. Moreover, you might even find yourself secretly empathizing. A resonance with the profound drama that eventually emerges beyond the realm of sex—This is the true impact of this film.

'SHAME'
March 10, 2012 (Saturday) Cine Quinto, Cinema Square Tokyu, and other theaters nationwide, opening sequentially.

Distribution: Gaga
ⓒ 2011 New Amsterdam Film Limited, Channel Four Television Corporation and The British Film Institute