This is a novelty: Bergman adapting a Mishima play. An all-female cast gives a look at the transformation of some of the women in de Sade's life during his imprisonment. The Noh-style staging and samisen music are nods to its Japanese roots, but the emotional intensity and moral complexity are pure Ingmar. The heightened dialogue and close-ups at times threaten to turn the whole thing into self-parody, but I was pretty engaged nonetheless.