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I.K.U.
Sign in to saveI.K.U. (pronounced ai-kei-ju, abbreviated as iku?) is a 2001 independent film directed by Taiwanese-American experimental filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang. It was marketed as "a Japanese Sci-Fi Porn Feature". The film was partially inspired by Blade Runner (1982). I.K.U.'s premise involves a futuristic corporation sending shapeshifting cyborgs out into New Tokyo to collect "orgasm data" by means of sexual intercourse. The title is a pun on the Japanese word which, in sexual slang, is used to express an orgasm.
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It sits within the topics 2000s pornographic films, 2001 English-language films and 2001 erotic films.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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4.8Reiko is a sex robot programmed to accumulate sexual experience. She goes through seven body types to experiences a variety of couplings. She returns to the company to download her accumulated info and escape from their control.
Cast
- Aja as Tokyo Rose
- Akira the Hustler as Akira
- Miho Ariga as Reiko #4
- Myū Asō as Reiko #5
- Akechi Denki as Akechi
- Emi as London
Themes
- cyborg
- eroticism
- cyberpunk
- corporation
- analog
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- cyberpunk
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Shu Lea Cheang
- Screenwriter
- Shu Lea Cheang
- Duration
- 74
- Official website
- www.i-k-u.com
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- publication date
- 2001-01-01
- title
- I.K.U.
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I.K.U. (pronounced ai-kei-ju, abbreviated as iku?) is a 2001 independent film directed by Taiwanese-American experimental filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang. It was marketed as "a Japanese Sci-Fi Porn Feature". The film was partially inspired by Blade Runner (1982). I.K.U.'s premise involves a futuristic corporation sending shapeshifting cyborgs out into New Tokyo to collect "orgasm data" by means of sexual intercourse. The title is a pun on the Japanese word which, in sexual slang, is used to express an orgasm.
I.K.U. premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. It was the first pornographic film ever screened in the festival. Critical reception was poor.
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