Sex Rider: Wet Highway
A bride-to-be’s secret night with an old lover spirals into dangerous uncertainty after a roadside collision outside Yokohama.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- provocative
- tense
- melancholic
- late night viewing
- cult cinema night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Mina spends the night with her former lover Ozaki immediately before her wedding.
Mina’s encounter with Ozaki unfolds overnight at a highway motel outside Yokohama.
Mina’s car hits the hippie-like youth Ryo while she is returning from her clandestine encounter.
The film is identified with softcore subject matter and centers on sexual secrecy, danger, and transgression.
Films like Sex Rider: Wet Highway, and why
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
shares erotic thriller tension, morally transgressive desire, and a nocturnal urban atmosphere
The Vanishing Point
shares softcore eroticism, road-bound suspense, and countercultural unease
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
shares japanese exploitation aesthetics, sexual provocation, and socially marginal characters
Movie Details
- Director
- Koretsugu Kurahara
- Release Date
- 1971-12-29
- Runtime
- 68 min
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 (14)
Cast
- Mari Tanaka
- Ken Yoshizawa
- Yuki Seto
- Kinji Takinami
- Norihiko Umetani
- Ken Mizoguchi
- Akira Takahashi
Common questions
- What is Sex Rider: Wet Highway about?
- A bride-to-be’s secret night with an old lover spirals into dangerous uncertainty after a roadside collision outside Yokohama.
- What is Sex Rider: Wet Highway like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sex Rider: Wet Highway as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Sex Rider: Wet Highway violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Sex Rider: Wet Highway as mild.
- Which films are like Sex Rider: Wet Highway?
- Films with a similar feel include The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The Vanishing Point, and Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41.
- How long is Sex Rider: Wet Highway?
- Sex Rider: Wet Highway runs 68 minutes.
