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Platonic Sex

Original title: Puratonikku sekusu
  • 20012001
  • 1h 44m
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Puratonikku sekusu (2001)
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On her seventeenth birthday Aoi is raped by her friends. Her family rejects her and she runs away from home. Because money and materialistic wealth is now all she cares for, she ends up work... Read allOn her seventeenth birthday Aoi is raped by her friends. Her family rejects her and she runs away from home. Because money and materialistic wealth is now all she cares for, she ends up working in the sex industry.On her seventeenth birthday Aoi is raped by her friends. Her family rejects her and she runs away from home. Because money and materialistic wealth is now all she cares for, she ends up working in the sex industry.
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  • Director
    • Masako Matsuura
  • Writers
    • Ai Iijima(biography)
    • Yoshiko Morishita(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Saki Kagami
    • Joe Odagiri
    • Maho Nonami
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  • Director
    • Masako Matsuura
  • Writers
    • Ai Iijima(biography)
    • Yoshiko Morishita(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Saki Kagami
    • Joe Odagiri
    • Maho Nonami
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    • 3User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Saki Kagami
    • Aoi Kadokuraas Aoi Kadokura
    Joe Odagiri
    Joe Odagiri
    • Toshimi Iwasakias Toshimi Iwasaki
    Maho Nonami
    • Akemi Yamaguchias Akemi Yamaguchi
    Kenjirô Ishimaru
    • Yoshio Kadokuraas Yoshio Kadokura
    Toshie Negishi
    Toshie Negishi
    • Yukiko Kadokuraas Yukiko Kadokura
    Taisihû Kase
    • Makoto Kanaias Makoto Kanai
    Hiroshi Abe
    Hiroshi Abe
    • Hideyuki Ishikawaas Hideyuki Ishikawa
    Maiko Takagi
    Yusuke Kamiji
    Hiroyuki Kishi
    Hiroyuki Kishi
    Mantarô Koichi
    Yûjirô Komura
    Yoshiyuki Morita
    Mitsu Murata
    Ikuji Nakamura
    Hitomi Satô
    Hitomi Satô
    Takanori Takeyama
    Takanori Takeyama
    Yôji Tanaka
      • Director
        • Masako Matsuura
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        • Ai Iijima(biography)
        • Yoshiko Morishita(screenplay)
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      On her seventeenth birthday Aoi is raped by her friends. Her family rejects her and she runs away from home. Because money and materialistic wealth is now all she cares for, she ends up working in the sex industry.
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      6/10
      Sad and melancholy, not sensationalized
      Based on a true story this is a standard—unfortunately—tale of a teen who's raped, blamed for it, abused and disowned by her family and then enters the sex industry. There's a few too many "You only perceive what's important to you when it's gone" dialog moments, but I enjoyed the sad and dreamlike, as opposed to angry or exploitive, tone of the film. Three good performances included: Jo Odagiri is solid and sweet as the good guy. (I've seen a handful of his films and this is my favorite Jo performance); Hiroshi Abe brings humor and strange insights as a flamboyant 'benefactor' and keeps the film from ever becoming too sappy; and Saki Kagami in the lead role, with baby fat in her cheeks, plays naive but smart through dumb faith (in something). She seems like her innocence might be unmasked at any moment but it never quite is. At times she seems creepily too young to be playing a role like this but never really slides off the edge. She gets props from me. PLATONIC SEX is not a great film by any stretch of the imagination. There's really nothing new and some of the writing is a little too precious, but I give it a marginal rent-not-buy recommendation because, by not attempting too much it gives itself a better chance of succeeding. And I think it does with the help of three above average performances—two by a couple pros and one from a newcomer.
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      • Release date
        • October 20, 2001 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • プラトニック・セックス
      • Production companies
        • Cross Media
        • Dentsu
        • Fuji Television Network
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        1 hour 44 minutes

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