Sex and disability make for tenderly humorous Japanese drama
"Every culture has something they don't want to talk about," Hikari, who goes by one name only, told Reuters. "People with a disability and their sexuality is definitely not something that people would talk about in Japan." The film, one of about 400 showing at the Berlin Film Festival, has been well-received by audiences captivated by Mei's portrayal of 27-year-old Yuma Takada, a talented artist who wants to make her name in manga, or Japanese graphic novels.
A sympathetic magazine editor (Yuka Itaya) tells her her art is technically proficient but betrays her lack of worldly experience. Criticising her depictions of sex as unconvincing, she tells the young, wheelchair-bound woman to lose her virginity and then return. Handled less deftly, such a premise could be crass. But Mei's portrayal of an ambitious young woman throwing herself into the Tokyo night over the fearful objections of her mother (Misuzu Kanno) is by turns hilarious and tender.
"I feel like with this kind of movie oftentimes once it goes too far it becomes too dramatic. It's sometimes difficult to keep watching," said Hikari. (Reporting by Hanna Rantala, writing by Thomas Escritt)
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
- READ MORE ON:
- The Other Woman
- Pretty Woman
- The Pioneer Woman
- Single parent
- Parent company
- Japanese whisky
- Japanese garden
- Japanese Cuisine
- Of mice and men
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Personality test
- Target audience
- Audience measurement
- Camille Combal
- One Rank- One Pension
- The One Show
- One Direction
- Hikari
- woman
- Mei Kayama
ALSO READ
"People will never forget how Nehru said 'bye-bye' to Assam during 1962 Chinese aggression": Home Minister Amit Shah
Punjab: 7 people detained ahead of 'Chetna March' supporting Amritpal Singh in Bathinda
PM Modi greets people on Chaitra Navratri, Gudi Padwa and Ugadi
Europe's top court tells nations to shield people from climate change in case with wide implications
CRPF DG refers force personnel as 'sentinels of internal security', lauds on increasing credibility among people