Can men and women be friends without this leading to a romantic relationship? Some say yes, some say no. There is hardly a question on which opinions differ so widely. Young Japanese director Mayu Akiyama also deals with this topic in her feature film debut. Her main character Nasa works for an online magazine and conducts a self-experiment for her story. In a bar, she meets Sota and learns that he is working for a company named “Rent-a-Friend”. It is an agency that offers “friends” for rent. Since Sota claims that he has a switch he can switch off all romantic feelings towards women, he seems to be the perfect object of study for her series of articles.
Akiyama chooses to use simple means and a minimalistic staging, which are probably partly due to a modest production budget. The reduced form, however, also has the advantage of creating a realistic...
Akiyama chooses to use simple means and a minimalistic staging, which are probably partly due to a modest production budget. The reduced form, however, also has the advantage of creating a realistic...
- 3/22/2020
- by Teresa Vena
- AsianMoviePulse
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The film is based on Kenji Yamauchi’s own stage play, titled “Trois Grotesque”, which was the winner of the 59th Kishida Drama Award.
Set as a stage play, the film takes place solely on a terrace of an aristocratic house, as the party held there by the Soejimas is coming to an end. The remaining guests, most of whom are already half-drunk, start gathering at the terrace: Haruko Saito, a woman with very white skin and hands that every man present seems to admire. Kazumi Soejima, the hostess, who seems to be a little jealous of Haruko. Tanoura, a young engineer working for Toyota, who seems to admire more than Haruko’s hands. Taro Saito, Haruko’s husband, a very elegant man. Mr Soejima, the host, who also seems to like Haruko. Masato Saito, a man who used to be 90 pounds, but is now thin.
The film is based on Kenji Yamauchi’s own stage play, titled “Trois Grotesque”, which was the winner of the 59th Kishida Drama Award.
Set as a stage play, the film takes place solely on a terrace of an aristocratic house, as the party held there by the Soejimas is coming to an end. The remaining guests, most of whom are already half-drunk, start gathering at the terrace: Haruko Saito, a woman with very white skin and hands that every man present seems to admire. Kazumi Soejima, the hostess, who seems to be a little jealous of Haruko. Tanoura, a young engineer working for Toyota, who seems to admire more than Haruko’s hands. Taro Saito, Haruko’s husband, a very elegant man. Mr Soejima, the host, who also seems to like Haruko. Masato Saito, a man who used to be 90 pounds, but is now thin.
- 5/12/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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