 The woman is possessed by the spirit of her dead lover, who, in erotic scenes echoing "The Exorcist" (1973), makes his presence known whenever she is sexually aroused.Because of the large budget involved in the production, the distributing studio submitted "Courtesan" to Eirin repeatedly, and agreed to every cut the reviewing board recommended.The heavy cutting the film received reduced it from near-hardcore to a very softcore historical drama.