her mother and destroys it signifying her move away from innocence and her past. In the next scene now clean, she studies the pink stone on her hand and has the faintest trace of a smile twitch across the corner of her mouth. She pulls her hair back as she looks at herself in the mirror and goes off to her usual routine which is also now her new life, externally the same as her old life but internally different as she has taken control, found herself with the future now belonging to her. Throughout the film, Ai's movements have been timid and stiff and her posture demure. After the credits there is a sequence of her dancing on stage boldly and fluidly thus finalizing her growth in to her new future. There are at least two versions of Tokyo Decadence, with the shorter one edited more for pacing than for censorship. See also Sadism and masochism in fiction Ai No Shinsekai New Tokyo Decadence – The Slave References External links 1991 films 1990s pornographic films BDSM in films Censored films Films directed by Ryū Murakami Pink films 1990s Japanese films