As Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno series continues, the company needed some fresh blood to handle the newest titles, and Koji Shiraishi, one of the masters of J-horror, who has recently started moving into new paths as in the case of “A Beast in Love” seemed like an ideal candidate. The result is “Safe Word”, a movie dealing with the world of Bdsm, paralleling it with the world of idols while including the meta element of the mockumentary. The result is quite interesting.

Misa The Killer is an underground idol, who, as the movie begins, is being filmed closely by a female director for a documentary. One day, during one of her performances, the trans manager of Bdsm club “H” catches her during a rage fit and decides to headhunt her to become a dominatrix in his establishment. Misa does not realize from the beginning what it is about, and is...