A personal review of japanese movies that i've watched
If you want to read my review of White Lily, read this post. In ホワイトリリー, Tokiko at her husband’s request, took Haruka into her studio. After her husband’s death, the teacher-student relationship blossomed into something more, which was shaken by the emergence of Satoru.
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If you want to read my review of Romance Doll, read this post. In ロマンスドール, Tetsuo and Sonoko fell in love under awkward circumstances, and because of that, everything was based on secrets and lies that would undermine the relationship.
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If you want to read my review of Yuriko’s Aroma, read this post. In ユリ子のアロマ, Yuriko has olfactophilia, a paraphilia that causes arousal towards certain odors, and she can’t resist the scent of a 17-year-old boy.
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If you want to read my review of Kabukicho Love Hotel, read this post. In さよなら歌舞伎町, Toru runs a hotel in Tokyo’s red-light district, Kabukicho, and there, the stories, desires and interests of several men and women intersect.
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If you want to read my review of Shape Of Red, read this post. In レッド, Toko lived a perfectly comfortable, peaceful and emotionless life. Until she meets an ex-lover at a mutual friend’s wedding and gives herself to him.
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If you want to read my review of The Limit of Sleeping Beauty, read this post. リミット・オブ・スリーピング・ビューティー, Aki went to Tokyo to try to be an actress, but only managed to become a frustrated magician’s assistant. After 10 years living the madness of the big city, she lost touch with reality.
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If you want to read my review of It Feels So Good, read this post. In 火口のふたり, Kenji had a relationship with Naoko. Years later, she invited him to her wedding and, when he got there, she proposed sex one last time. Which would be anything but the last.
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If you want to read my review of Under Your Bed, read this post. In アンダー・ユア・ベッド, Naoto lived ignored by everyone except Chihiro. 11 years later, he meets her again and realizes that something has changed. As he investigates why, he is overcome by disturbing impulses.
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If you want to read my review of Ride or Die, read this post. In 彼女, Rei Nagasawa is a lesbian and in love with her former classmate, Nanae Shinoda. She discovers that Nanae is frequently beaten by her husband, Kotaro Shinoda. They decide to kill him and live on the run, finally together.
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If you want to read my review of Call boy, read this post. In 娼年, Morinaka Ryo is a college student and works at a bar at night. He lives with a feeling of torpor, insensitive to life, friends and relationships. One night, Ryo piques the interest of the pimp of a male brothel and she invites him to work as a prostitute. He sees it as an opportunity to reframe his life.
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