Film Review: Underwater Love (Dir. Shinji Im ..
Underwater Love Dir. Shinji Imaoka [Interfilm & Rapid Eye; 2011] by Paulo Scarpa Rating: With many other pinku titles — the Japanese equivalent of softcore pornography — under his belt, director Shinji Imaoka returns to another cross-genre film: Underwater Love: A Pink Musical . The plot revolves around Asuka, a factory worker who, while returning home one day, meets a kappa in the middle of the road. For those unfamiliar with Japanese folklore, the kappa is a mystical creature that lives underwater, speaks perfect Japanese, is highly trained in the art of medicine, and loves cucumbers and sumo wrestling. (I’m not making any of this ...
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29 October 2011