简介：Ayoungprostitutetriestounderstandwhyshesuffersfrommelancholyandbenumbedfeelings.Againstabackgroundofsexualliberationandpoliticalsubversion,thislatestlibertineworkbyradicalfilmdirectorM.Adachiisoneoftheveryfewexistingfeministeroticfilms.MasaoAdachi'spersonalityandfilmsdeservecarefulconsideration.RelativelyunknownasyettoWesternaudiences,hehappenstobeoneofthemostradicalfilm-makersaroundinrecentyears.GushingPrayer,showstheinfluenceofKojiWakamatsu,anotherenfantterribleofJapanesecinemawhomAdachiassistedonmanyfilms.GushingPrayerdoesnothesitatetoshowtheresentmentsanddissatisfactionsofsomeonewhooughttobenothingmorethananobjectoffantasies.Highlypertinent,withaboldavant-gardestyle,hesetstherecordstraightasfarasthesexualdesiresofsupposedlyliberatedJapanesewomenareconcerned.Oneoftherarefeministfilmsofthe70's,itaudaciouslyevokessexualliberationandpoliticalsubversion.…