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Muscle, originally released as The Madness Night (Japanese: 狂った舞踏会, Hepburn: Kurutta Budōkai), is a 1989 Japanese gay pink film (softcore pornographic film) directed by Hisayasu Satō.

Plot

Physique magazine editor Ryuzaki begins a relationship with Kitami, a man he sees at a bodybuilding competition. Kitami has sadistic tendencies that deeply unsettle Ryuzaki, culminating in an incident wherein an anguished Ryuzaki cuts one of Kitami's arms off with a katana. A year later, Ryuzaki has been recently released from prison following the attack. He keeps Kitami's arm preserved in formaldehyde while devoting his time to searching for him; he simultaneously searches for a copy of Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom to screen at the movie theater where he now works.

Ryuzaki is eventually reunited with Kitami after receiving an unmarked invitation to a masquerade party being held at the theater. There, Kitami agrees to be with Ryuzaki, on the condition that Ryuzaki cut off his own arm. Ryuzaki takes the katana, but instead uses it to slash out his own eyes; now blind, he remarks that he will now always see Ryuzaki's body as it was the day that they met. The film concludes with Kitami and Ryuzaki dancing on a pier while "Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)" by Coil plays.