Akihito Shiota is a new name for me. There are so many directors that I don't know, so there seems to be a lot to discover. Shiota is, however, not a collectible, at least not with this flick.
It starts somewhat promising: Kosuke, a once successful writer of plays has run out of ideas. He tries to find inspiration in a secluded life, somewhat in the style of Thoreau. A sex-hungry woman, Shiori, enters his life with a splash. Kosuke refuses her, so she sets his mind at seducing him. The local inn-keeper has also an eye on her. - Later a troupe that will perform one of Kosuke's pieces arrives. The boys queue nicely until Shiori has made them happy - everything to wet the appetite of Kosuke. At the beginning Kosuke threw a piece of bread to Shiori, as if she was a dog. In the end she will ask, who was the dog.
Through other reviews I learnt that this is a homage to the Japanese "romantic porno" genre. Young directors could try new ways of telling a story, as long as they showed enough naked skin to keep viewers in the cinema hall. As I don't know this genre, it's for me more like "art house meets soft porn".
3/10
It starts somewhat promising: Kosuke, a once successful writer of plays has run out of ideas. He tries to find inspiration in a secluded life, somewhat in the style of Thoreau. A sex-hungry woman, Shiori, enters his life with a splash. Kosuke refuses her, so she sets his mind at seducing him. The local inn-keeper has also an eye on her. - Later a troupe that will perform one of Kosuke's pieces arrives. The boys queue nicely until Shiori has made them happy - everything to wet the appetite of Kosuke. At the beginning Kosuke threw a piece of bread to Shiori, as if she was a dog. In the end she will ask, who was the dog.
Through other reviews I learnt that this is a homage to the Japanese "romantic porno" genre. Young directors could try new ways of telling a story, as long as they showed enough naked skin to keep viewers in the cinema hall. As I don't know this genre, it's for me more like "art house meets soft porn".
3/10
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