Love Exposure (愛のむきだし Ai no mukidashi)  is a 2008 Japanese movie, written and directed by Sion Sono. The film gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its four-hour duration and themes including love, family, lust, religion and the art of upskirt photography. It won many awards and positives reviews. The first version was originally six hours long, but was trimmed at the request of the producers.

The story follows Yu Tsunoda, a young teenage Catholic attempting to live his life in a faithful and orderly manner. His father, Tetsu, has become a devout Catholic priest following the death of Yu’s mother, and operates his own church. Yu's father asks Yu to confess his sins, but Yu believes he is a good person, who has little to confess. At first he makes up sins, but his father sees right through him, and Yu sets out to commit real sins. Because of this, he falls in with a questionable crowd.

Yu is taught by his new friends to steal, fight, and take stealth photographs up women’s skirts. Yu promptly becomes a skilled 'panty shot' photographer. He is perceived as a pervert, but it is important to note that he is never aroused by these photographs.

After Yu loses a bet with his friends, he agrees to go into the city dressed as a woman and kiss a girl he likes. When they go into the city, Yu and his friends comes across a young teenage girl named Yoko, who is surrounded by a group of thugs. Yu, still dressed as a woman, then helps Yoko beat up the gang of thugs. Afterwards he kisses Yoko and runs away. He falls in love with her - the first time he's been in love with a girl - but Yoko falls for his disguise and develops feelings for his alter ego Sasori.

Meanwhile, Yu is being followed by Aya Koike, a member of the cult group “Zero Church,” who has become infatuated with him after she catches him taking a picture of her panties. Aya devises a plan to bring Yu’s entire family into the “Zero Church,” planning to gain the favor of Yoko by masquerading as Sasori.

Cast

• Yu Tsunoda - Takahiro Nishijima (from AAA)
• Yoko - Hikari Mitsushima
• Aya Koike - Sakura Ando
• Saori - Makiko Watanabe
• Tetsu Tsunoda - Atsuro Watabe
• Yûko Genkaku
• Itsuji Itao
• Mitsuru Kuramoto
• hinji Miyadai
• Nana Nagao
• Mami Nakamura
• Koji Ohguchi
• Hiroyuki Onoue
• Jai West