The Perfect Education

Lolita without Nabokov. A middle-aged man kidnaps a schoolgirl, seeking to mold her into his ideal of a perfect wife via a program of confinement and sexual education. The film's unsettling dynamic relies on its leads' committed performances.

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Ben Wada directed The Perfect Education in 1999. See Ben Wada's full filmography, where to start with Ben Wada, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ben Wada.

The Perfect Education was released in 1999 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.