House of the Sleeping Beauties (2006)

House of the Sleeping Beauties (2006) is a Japanese drama film directed by Vadim Glowna. It is based on the novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata. The movie follows an elderly man, Kiguchi, who visits a brothel where elderly men can pay to sleep with young women who have been drugged into a deep sleep.

The movie is filled with sexual moments, as Kiguchi interacts with the sleeping beauties. He caresses their bodies, kisses them, and even talks to them. He is clearly aroused by the experience, and his fantasies become increasingly explicit. He even begins to imagine himself as a young man, and his fantasies become more and more vivid.

The movie also explores the idea of the sleeping beauties as a metaphor for death. Kiguchi is drawn to the sleeping beauties because he is afraid of death, and he is trying to find a way to escape it. He is also drawn to the idea of being able to control the sleeping beauties, as if they were his own personal dolls.

The movie is a fascinating exploration of sexuality, death, and fantasy. It is a thought-provoking look at how we deal with our own mortality, and how we use our fantasies to cope with it. The movie is not for the faint of heart, as it contains some explicit sexual scenes, but it is an interesting and thought-provoking film.