In New Tokyo, cybernetic shape-shifter Reiko collects "orgasm data" through sexual intercourse, which the GENOM Corporation wants to sell as virtual sex experiences. In a nightclub, Reiko becomes infected with the mysterious "Tokyo Rose Virus" that erases her entire database. Only an erotic experience with I.K.U. coder Mash can save the data. The filming of I.K.U was plagued by problems. The director and producer disagreed on the artistic direction of the film. In addition, the leading actress disappeared three days before shooting began. Therefore, Reiko was rewritten as a shape-shifter so that she could be played by several actresses. "In Shu Lea Cheang's work, the porn film as art becomes a cinema of movement, a frenzy of colors, images, and sounds, which, on top of that, the artist also detaches in terms of content from the prosaic service function as a masturbation template." (F.LM - Texts on Film)
Love & Sex, Sci-Fi & Fantaisie
1h 13min
18 FSK
JA
DE
„This film is not made for masturbation. It’s made for collective orgasm.“
In New Tokyo, cybernetic shape-shifter Reiko collects "orgasm data" through sexual intercourse, which the GENOM Corporation wants to sell as virtual sex experiences.
In a nightclub, Reiko becomes infected with the mysterious "Tokyo Rose Virus" that erases her entire database. Only an erotic experience with I.K.U. coder Mash can save the data.
The filming of I.K.U was plagued by problems. The director and producer disagreed on the artistic direction of the film. In addition, the leading actress disappeared three days before shooting began. Therefore, Reiko was rewritten as a shape-shifter so that she could be played by several actresses.
"In Shu Lea Cheang's work, the porn film as art becomes a cinema of movement, a frenzy of colors, images, and sounds, which, on top of that, the artist also detaches in terms of content from the prosaic service function as a masturbation template." (F.LM - Texts on Film)