Macho Caponata (Japanese)

Today I have learnt of a new term 'Pink FIlm'. Pink films are films that deal with sexual, adult content, but compared to the typical adult film, a Pink film features much tenderer or much more artistic expressions. Sometimes, because of this much liberal form of storytelling, the outcomes of the films might be even more interesting at times. After watching this film, I was wondering what would be a good way to describe what I just saw, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that we have this terms for films like this.

Takeshi runs a popular Italian restaurant in a port town and his Caponata dish is the most popular. His ex-lover Kazuyoshi went to Italy to train as a chef seven years ago, so he is single. His sister is pregnant with the baby of Kazuyoshi’s younger brother, so Kazuyoshi comes back to town for their wedding. After a passionate encounter between two men, he asks Takeshi to come to Italy with him which he refuses. Actually Takeshi has older parents and his father is partially paralyzed, so he needs to take care of them. One night out of nowhere, a bulky hunky hungry man Akira shows up and asks for job to Takeshi, who needs help with his restaurant. You can see the sexual tension and soon enough Akira and Takeshi have passionate beach sex, in the same place where he used to meet Kazuyoshi. Eventually Akira makes him realize that his true love will always be Kazuyoshi and that he must go after the love of his life.

Even though the film has some very explicit sex scenes, three of them and very elaborate to be precise; this is still a bit of emotional and sad love story. Its weird to be saying this but there are sections of the film which are quite moving. Takeshi is stuck in this town, filled with old people, because he feels morally obligated to be there for his parents at the expense of his personal wishes and wants from life. The is the reason he did not and cannot go to Italy with his love. Even though its the lust that may catch your attention here, but at the heart, there is a profound love story. Of course combined with some delicious Italian food, this film is quite different from whatever I have seen. Takeshi, as an actor does a very good job of showing his emotions. Kazuyoshi is just average. But it's the tall and hunky Akira that steals the limelight mostly of his handsome looks and ample skin show. Beware that this has plenty sex scenes combined with a love story, making it a perfect one hour long Pink film. I may have to look for more of these kind of films. (6/10)

Comments

The Shortest Distance is Round 3: Fallen Flowers

Continuing with the weird trilogy of "The Shortest Distance", I am so glad that finally I am done with part 3 and won't have to deal with this again in future. Thankfully, as of now the makers have not announced any further parts; which will save all of us on this earth from the embarrassment of watching this in near future. After the first 10 minutes are used in sort of recapping bits of first two parts, the story moves forward. Haruto is now starting to have feelings for Ruka, the mysterious pole dancer from second part. In a fit of rage, Ruka ends up killing the goat man and to save him and Haruto, Shibahara asks them to go underground. Meanwhile Shibahara continues the search for Seiya (the guy who had cut off Haruto's penis). It turns out Seiya is now also taking care of the original club owner from part 1. Both of them were released after they had informed Shibahara of Aoyama's secret location. Shibahara tortures Seiya's boyfriend leading to Seiya killin...

Sei no Gekiyaku (Japanese) [Dangerous Drugs of Sex]

Every person has their own unique way of dealing with loss. This film is as much a psychological thriller as it is a soft porn BDSM portrayal of two young men that makes the film overall horrifying as well as humane. It is really hard to describe the genre of this film in one word. Its important not that the film has some really disturbing scenes so if you go into seeing this film, please proceed with caution. Although any sexual non-consensual activity is not ok, this film has its won strange way of showing that suicide is not the only solution to all life's problems. Makoto is a regular office goer, who just finds out that his girlfriend is probably cheating on him. ON top of it, his parents sudden death coming back from a trip that he forced them to take, he gets completely dejected and decides to commit suicide. Unknown to him, he is saved by mysterious man Yoda Ryoji, and he wakes up finding himself tied up in leather and belts in a very BDSM setting. This mysterious saver soo...

One Summer Night (Korean)

I really wanted to like this film but for non native speakers, these movie leaves a lot to be understood and the way scenes were unfolding in front of me, I wasn't sure many times what was really going on. The story had potential button getting any back story on any of the characters limited my ability to empathize with any of these actors. Film starts with two North Korea military guys Yong Joon and Jae Sung having sex and they are caught red handed and they run. Three years later we see Yong Joon in Seoul leading a very mundane and poor life. He has a boyfriend Tae-Kyu, who is a weird guy. He is carefree, doesn't do any work and is completely emotional and financially dependent on Young Joon. In fact, even Yong Joon will go to any lengths to protect him , fend for him and taking care of him to the extent of even taking up prostitution. Suddenly one day Jae Sung appears in their life again. His motivation is not clear but it is obvious he wants Yong Joon back in his life, who ...

Movie Reviews -
Gay Themed

Search This Blog