Product Details

• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NC-17
• Studio: MTI
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000067IXA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,492 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Synopsis:
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 06/25/02
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ..., July 20, 2005

By 

Stephen Fink (Bourbon, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I.K.U. (DVD/THIS IS NOT LOVE) (DVD)

Since an American reviewing Japanese porn is like an Asian reviewing Mexican cuisine, I can only offer my opinion on I.K.U. from an American stand point free from the ties of Japanese culture. First it is important to realize, though, that it is frowned upon (if not illegal) to show genitals or espeically the act of sex in Japanese porn. So, if that's what you're in this for, it's best to back away.

I.K.U. has an excellent starting point as it picks up where they feel Blade Runner left off. The story goes that a replicant named Reiko must go around collecting orgasm or IKU data from different people in order for the Genom corperation to design a chip that allows people to have excellent orgasms without physical contact. The idea of a replicant who can take different forms depending on a partners sexual desires is an innovative way to introduce new actresses for each scene. However, often times the overdone art direction and tasteless slurping sound-overs get in the way of what may have otherwise been good sex scenes. Also, instead of offering a decent amount of story to balance out these scenes, 10 percent of the film is half-baked set up and ending and the other 90 percent is over produced almost-soft porn. The most innovative part of the film is the way Reiko collects the data: by transforming her hand into a pen*s like object and sticking it into to a persons sexual orifice. At which point you see a decent computer rendering from the inside of the person as they are pumped for information. All told what you end up with is a film that doesn't quite work as a story and doesn't quite work as a porn, but rises at least high enough to be an interesting and mildly entertaining piece of art.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the average porn movie, April 28, 2003

By 

DaelRa "DaelRa" (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I.K.U. (DVD/THIS IS NOT LOVE) (DVD)

If you're expecting a straight down the line porn movie then you probably won't like this too much.
If however, you're into music videos, art house movies and Barbarella then you'll find this Japanese Cybersoftporn movie fascinating.
It's cheap, it's fun, it's chaotic and it's colourful, IKU is very, very different and I love it all the more for completely ignoring all the usual boring soft porn rules.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth it, March 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: I.K.U. (DVD/THIS IS NOT LOVE) (DVD)

Japanese soft core. Full of pixilations to cover up "the good stuff", and kept crashing in my DVD player.