Just finished watching this backside-numbing four hour epic and I leave the cinema house encouraged to have a go at story-telling myself. Not that I can tell a story better than these guys, but rather out of admiration for the film-makers for having the guts for bringing out the recessive emotions and male guilt out onto the mainstream. And what an exciting and hilarious journey it is! The story revolves around teenage love and lust. Using this as the basic premise, the film maker has then taken a left turn and constructed a movie that derives inspiration from Japanese porn and hentai. There is plenty of references to elements that make hentai a perverted delight to watch: incest, teenage love, upskirts, school life, kung-fu, religion and also bukkake! And only since In The Realm Of The Senses (Ai No Corrida) has the phallus become such an important element of the story. Don't worry I'm not letting out any spoilers here. All of this is evident at the start of the movie itself. On the flip side, the movie also contains plenty of Deus Ex Machinas; but then a movie of this type is probably not intended for the movie critic.
However the movie does not stop in this glory, and the story does become complicated and develop twists similar to classic Japanese manga. This movie certainly is recommended to all those not easily offended by the subject. To sum it all up, only a Japanese 'man' could have made this movie. This movie rightfully deserves a rare 10/10 from me.
However the movie does not stop in this glory, and the story does become complicated and develop twists similar to classic Japanese manga. This movie certainly is recommended to all those not easily offended by the subject. To sum it all up, only a Japanese 'man' could have made this movie. This movie rightfully deserves a rare 10/10 from me.