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Za honban: Joyū ōdishon-hen

1987 · 71 min

A quiet, uneasy plunge into the adult industry's audition circuit, watching ambition and innocence trade places under a soft, exploitative gaze.

Directed by
Hitoshi Nimura
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mayu Hoshino, Reika Kano, Itsumi Shikata
Tagline
Please! Give it to me quickly!
Overview
A girl gets a once in a lifetime chance to become an AV idol when she enters a beauty contest.

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Directed by
Hitoshi Nimura
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mayu Hoshino, Reika Kano, Itsumi Shikata
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • identity
  • exploration
  • power
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hitoshi Nimura
Written by
Hitoshi Nimura
Starring
Mayu Hoshino, Reika Kano, Itsumi Shikata, Kumi Uesugi, Reina Fujii, Asao Taiga, Mikkī Yanai, Massā Tachibana
Runtime
71 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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