Love’s Whirlpool

Adapted from the novel of the same name published in 2005 by Daisuke Miura, 9 years later he was also the scriptwriter and director for his famous work, which is Love’s Whirlpool. Not only does it bring viewers many emotions, but Love’s Whirlpool also makes viewers think about life, it is not simply a Japanese 18+ work but it is a film worth watching…

Love’s Whirlpool begins with a group of people gathering in a split-level apartment on a back street in Roppongi, Tokyo, men paying 20,000 yen, women 1,000 yen, and couples 5,000 yen to spend the hours from midnight to 5am at a sex party. A moody Neet guy has drained his bank account for the night of fun, and even a bespectacled college student, who initially shows his moodiness and shyness, joins the party.

The host of this orgy is a busy bar manager and bartender, who explains and enforces three simple rules: Shower before sex, use protection, and respect the wishes of women. Most dangerously, Neet is secretly in love with a female student, who later reveals the most terrible things in herself and has almost never come out of her shy shell…