BathhouseprostituteMasakoandherstreet-whorefriendJunarepawnfortheirYakuzaPimps.Thesegirlshavelostcontrolovertheirownexistence,passedfromoneclienttothenext..."Unlikethevastnumbersofprostitutefilms,thisoneisdevoidofallthebanaltrappingsusuallyassociatedwiththegenre.Inthisworld,therearenofantasiesaboutlove,soul-matesor„gentledensity“.Juststark,matter-of-factsex–disturbinglydetached,butstrikinglyauthentic."(Weisser)