The loosely structured picture tags along after a timid young woman named Ai Miho Nikaido , a recent college graduate who has found work in the big city as a hooker specializing in low-impact bondage.
But even when it's laughing, the laughter is more collaborative than derisive.
Complex, intelligent, and sometimes , Romance takes sex seriously, acknowledging it as a powerful and legitimate part of life and giving it a respect rarely seen in mainstream or even art-house films.
To say what happens next would give away too much and besides, the shock of the bizzarre is half the fun of the movie.