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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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.
Released: 2001-04-2965 minDir: Shu Lea CheangScience Fiction, Romance
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
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 2001
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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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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.