Fortunately, upon reaching adulthood, Marico was pleasantly surprised to learn
there were lots of people in Japan just as infatuated with bondage -- both
active and passive -- as her.
Marico and her assistants then proceeded to string up a long-haired lovely
named Sayuri from a reinforced hook on the ceiling, and the interview was put
on hold while Sayuri was artistically suspended, prodded, whipped, and
otherwise humiliated.
"I am obsessed with the curvature of the female form," Marico admits. "Like
from the jaw to the chest. Or especially around the small of the back. I also
love women's strong perspective. You might even say my fetish is really about
its visual power."
But maso men, to Marico, are a different kettle of fish entirely.
"When you tie up men, you have to make the ropes follow the irregular shapes of
their bodies," says Yoko, an employee at D403.
"Even though I enjoy dishing out rough treatment, I don't really like wimpy,
masochistic men," Marico remarks. "Especially men who make a namby-pamby
expression while we're doing it. What I like most is to see a guy suffering. I
just love it when he looks miserable and in distress."
Fetishes aside, Marico actually appears to be an outgoing and obliging person.
"Frankly, I can't stand being around those hysterical sadistic types," she
asserts. "People who depend on sadistic behavior to relieve their pent-up
stress are a big turnoff. I don't harbor any malicious feelings toward my 'M'
partners. In this day and age, I'd like to see those who engage in SM enjoy a
warm and fulfilling experience. That's why I opened up this shop -- so there
could be a venue for all of us to communicate."
"I don't want to photograph SM merely because it's a unique world," Marico
tells Asahi Geino. "And I don't just want to shoot scenes with shock value. My
idea is to heighten the sensation through the gorgeous portrayal of fetishes."
As the shooting wound down, model Sayuri was gently lowered from the ceiling
and, still wrapped in her rope bindings, placed on a leather upholstered sofa
where she could unwind, so to speak. As the tension dissipated, her visage
became swathed with a voluptuous expression.
Reflecting on the just-completed shooting session, during which Sayuri's
agonized contortions were recorded for all posterity, Ms. Mori opines: "While I
did feel a desire to prolong the sight of Sayuri suffering cruel mistreatment,
on the other hand, seeing her hang there served to remind me of the fragile and
transitory nature of human beauty."
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