Films/Events
Shoujyo~an adolescent
- Drama
- Japan / 2001 / 132 min.
- Director: Eiji Okuda
- Cast: Eiji Okuda, Mayu Ozawa, Akira Shoji
- Distributor: Nippon Movie Osaka Co., Ltd.=ZERO PICTURES CO.
- Festivals and Awards :
- 17th Paris Film Festival – Grand Prix and Best Actress
- AFI Fest 2002 – International Feature Film – Grand Jury Prize
- 58th Venice International – Critics Week
Story
Tomokawa, a notoriously lazy policeman, spends his days teasing his friend Sukemasa, a retarded boy, cycling through the city and having affairs with married women. One day, he meets Yoko, a 15-year-old who offers to go to bed with him for money. The policeman becomes infatuated with her. Before long, the two discover that they have lots of things in common: Sukemasa is Yoko’s brother, their mother was one of Tomokawa’s former lovers, and Yoko’s grandfather had tattooed a one-winged male phoenix on Tomokawa’s back. According to a Chinese proverb, a one-winged bird represents a sacred vow between a man and a woman. Tomokawa tells Yoko that his bird needs a mate in order to be able to fly...
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