Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts

Friday, November 25, 2022

Oh! Woman: A Dirty Song (1981) aka A! Onnatachi: Waika

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Yuya Uchida stars in this pseudo-documentary about George, a washed-up middle-aged rocker, divorcing his wife and living with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker.

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Comfort Women (1992) aka Jun ji wei an fu

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Tomi Akiyama and her boyfriend Nakamura are troubled about allegations about a Comfort House in China. Tomi gets into the camp, first as a journalist, but is then captured and sent in as a participant. Nakamura is upset by this particular event, and the situation in general, and takes action. The progress of several other characters is followed, including a kind-of happy hooker, a jovial chubby Japanese woman and a brutal and rude general, laced with stock war footage and historical inter-titles.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Lost Dream in Pink House: Dong Shiao-Wen (1995) aka Li dai ming qi Hong lou can meng zhi Dong Xiao Wan

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This is a poorly-produced R or NC-17 movie, based on the story of the Dong Xiaowan, the well known prostitute in Ming Dynasty.

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Plum Blossom (2000) aka Cheongchun(청춘)

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A tender coming of age story about two teenage boys who embrace growing pains in a hard way. Teenage hormones are difficult to be restrained. High school senior, Ja-hyo is seduced into his first sexual experience by classmate Ha-ra, who eventually kills herself when he ignores her. Since then, he immerses himself in loveless sex until he meets cheerful nurse, Nam-ok. Meanwhile, his pal Su-in has developed a crush on, Jeong-hye his teacher, which is socially taboo.