Shinjuku Swan
Feb. 8th, 2021 01:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sunako_yueSet in Kabukicho, which is an entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
Tatsuhiko Shiratori (Gou Ayano) doesn't have money or a job. One day, he meets a scout named Matora (Yusuke Iseya) who recruits girls on the streets to work in the adult entertainment business. Matora likes Tatsuhiko and introduces Tatsuhiko to the world where he works. Tatsuhiko soon works as a scout too. (asianwiki-2015)
This movie is definetely out of my comfort zone; I don't like to watch movies full of testosterone where guys think punching everyone is fun and pimping any cute girl is their right. This kind of story gives me so much anger... if only it was punching and screaming like little boys it is ok (kinda like CROWS) but you throw prostitution and drugs in the mix and I am out.
Not a bad movie, I loved all the images of Shinjuku and Kabukicho, the Red Zone in Tokyo. And seeing Ayano Go and Iseya Yusuke is always a pleasure. Ayano Go looks even handsome with that hairdo... I used to avoid this movie for the plot and his hair but he looks surprisingly good! He is the only decent guy in the entire movie, but I hate that he is so forgiving with that asshole criminal played by an overacted Yamada Takayuki.
TBH, the best actor was Iseya Yusuke, he is always good and never overacts. Sometimes Ayano Go played too "shounen"-ish which surprised me, he was like a rookie actor sometimes. But he has his moments where he shines. Not just like Iseya who is always good and deserves a main role.. too bad his scandal with the drugs :(((
Regular yakuza/ganster-type role for these actors: Kaneko Nobuaki (he was also in CROWS with Ayano Go and Yamada Takayuki) and Yoshida Kotaro.
Poor Sawajiri Erica has a role as a prostitute... girl changed her innocent roles for femme fatale ones :(
Will I watch the sequel? Oh Gawd, maybe... I like the cast and I adore Ayano Go... in spite of not being my type of movie, I kinda like it and I may give the sequel a try in a far future.
**My rating: 7/10**
Tatsuhiko Shiratori (Gou Ayano) doesn't have money or a job. One day, he meets a scout named Matora (Yusuke Iseya) who recruits girls on the streets to work in the adult entertainment business. Matora likes Tatsuhiko and introduces Tatsuhiko to the world where he works. Tatsuhiko soon works as a scout too. (asianwiki-2015)
This movie is definetely out of my comfort zone; I don't like to watch movies full of testosterone where guys think punching everyone is fun and pimping any cute girl is their right. This kind of story gives me so much anger... if only it was punching and screaming like little boys it is ok (kinda like CROWS) but you throw prostitution and drugs in the mix and I am out.
Not a bad movie, I loved all the images of Shinjuku and Kabukicho, the Red Zone in Tokyo. And seeing Ayano Go and Iseya Yusuke is always a pleasure. Ayano Go looks even handsome with that hairdo... I used to avoid this movie for the plot and his hair but he looks surprisingly good! He is the only decent guy in the entire movie, but I hate that he is so forgiving with that asshole criminal played by an overacted Yamada Takayuki.
TBH, the best actor was Iseya Yusuke, he is always good and never overacts. Sometimes Ayano Go played too "shounen"-ish which surprised me, he was like a rookie actor sometimes. But he has his moments where he shines. Not just like Iseya who is always good and deserves a main role.. too bad his scandal with the drugs :(((
Regular yakuza/ganster-type role for these actors: Kaneko Nobuaki (he was also in CROWS with Ayano Go and Yamada Takayuki) and Yoshida Kotaro.
Poor Sawajiri Erica has a role as a prostitute... girl changed her innocent roles for femme fatale ones :(
Will I watch the sequel? Oh Gawd, maybe... I like the cast and I adore Ayano Go... in spite of not being my type of movie, I kinda like it and I may give the sequel a try in a far future.
**My rating: 7/10**
