Love/Juice (2000)
Love, sex, and the confusing gray area in between marks the playing field for this low-key comedy-drama from Japan. Chinatsu (Okuno Mika) is a twenty-something lesbian who shares an apartment with Kyoko (Chika Fujimura). Chinatsu is attracted in passing to Kyoko, who occasionally returns her… More
Love, sex, and the confusing gray area in between marks the playing field for this low-key comedy-drama from Japan. Chinatsu (Okuno Mika) is a twenty-something lesbian who shares an apartment with Kyoko (Chika Fujimura). Chinatsu is attracted in passing to Kyoko, who occasionally returns her affections, but Kyoko is primarily interested in men -- though she has trouble getting one to stay interested in her. The excitable Kyoko is fixated upon a man who watches over the fish at a pet shop, but try as she might, she can't seem to get him to pay much attention to her, causing her no end of problems. Love/Juice was the first feature from writer and director Kaze Shindo, one of the few women to oversee a feature film in Japan (her grandfather is noted director Kento Shindo). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.