Yoshinori Okada, Ayumi Hamasaki, Kouji Yamaguchi, Kumi Takada, Shizuka Isami ...( see more  see more... ) , Kouta Kusano , Yoshihiko Hakamada , Bang-ho Cho

Fortunately this film isn't just another repetition of the Japanese highschool drama genre - even though all characters are students and a reference to bullying is not missing. Instead, we witness the...( read more  read more... ) very complex relationships between Yoshida, leaving Shimizu for Aihara (or at least he tries to), and his friend Ito, whose love for Yoshida seems to have little chance for success. In the end we have a coalition of Ito and Aihara - who may or may not be in love with Ito (or with Yoshida, who knows) - teaching Yoshida a lesson. This is not a film about homosexuality either, indeed one message of the film may be that it doesn't matter if a boy loves a boy or a girl. Anyway, the complexity (even incomprehensibility) of the motivations of the characters is a most realistic and just reflection of the motivations of modern Japanese teenagers. Or in other words: the film captures exactly the same thing which Banana Yoshimoto describes in her novels; what it is however, is very difficult to say.

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PG, 129 minutes

Directed by: Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Release Date: December 16, 1995

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  • March 15, 2009
    mmm es raro un grupo de adolescentes japoneses y las relaciones que se tejen entre ellos de todo puede pasar y el amor es esquivo y loco, tiene escenas conmovedoras y otras que sencillamente nos dejarán perdidos
  • November 24, 2008
    An excellent drama dealing with a student and his feelings for a friend. As with many Japanese film's the story is presented in a rather subdued way. There are some awkwardly long scenes involving the two, but it certainly doesn't throw homosexuality in your face. Toss in an outc...( read more)ast who tries to help the situation and you've got a slow moving but ultimately compelling film.

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