Japanese Bondage Documentary 'Bakushi'

Japanese moviegoers face the possibility of being bound to their seats by a flick celebrating one of the country's most revered and racy traditions -- rope bondage.

"Bakushi," the name given to the professional rope bandage artists and the documentary to be shown in Tokyo's Shibuya on May 31, has already been viewed by rapt audiences at well-known international film festivals like Rotterdam and Buenos Aires. The documentary follows some of Japan's most famous bakushi as they go through the, er, ropes of kinbaku, the practice of rope bondage.