Sunday, September 13, 2015
Japanese fluff
Today's film is like a television soap.
All kinds of ups and downs for the principals. Near misses, final happiness. Maybe.
A teacher finds that one of his new students is a young man he has had sex with at a brothel.
A rich kid slumming it.
Now he has to move through the drama of it all. Watch out for the soap suds. It gets a little slippery in
Boys Love gekijouban / School Boy Crush / Boys Love 2
There is no thin line between pederasty and prostitution. Gay for pay. And this film stays way over that line. There are no boys here. Very mature teeners.
That said, I did not watch it or like it because of the erotic punch of which there is a mild jolt. I just liked the kind of moony romantic haze that lies over the whole thing including a sometimes visible layer of studio made fog that makes every thing gauzy when guys are mooning over one another mostly indoors. Outdoors, things are crisp and clear. Even a suicide leaps out of the frame.
It is an amusing conceit to do this kind of film school thing and speaks well for the people who made the movie and had the guts to add some artiness to what is basically an R=rated pants stiffener. Or wants to be.
Anyway, shoot me. I liked it and enjoyed it and will see it again sometimes when I want my heart to go putty-pat.
Incidentally, there are no reviews for this film anywhere even on IMDb where at least individuals sometimes record their star ratings. Came and went so to speak.
