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Scoutman

2001 · 114 min

A slow, somber plunge into a city's shadowy sex trade, watching young love erode under quiet, accumulating compromises.

Overview
Young lovers Mari and Atsushi elope to the Big City that is Tokyo, unfortunately when they run out of money, both need to make some harsh choices. Mari stumbles upon selling ‘Party Tickets’ (for Swingers parties to be exact…), before being drawn into the sex industry to make ends meet. Meanwhile, Atsushi becomes a ‘Scout Man’ – effectively a recruitment agent for the sex industry (i.e. procuring young women for nude modelling, porn movies etc.). The consequences of their respective decisions will ultimately take it’s toll on their young lives.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • love
  • corruption
  • coming-of-age
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Masato Ishioka
Written by
Masato Ishioka
Starring
Miku Matsumoto, Hideo Nakaizumi, Yuka Fujimoto, Yoshiie Akihito, Yuri Komuro, Shirō Shimomoto, Taeko Fuchi, Ayane Fukazawa
Runtime
114 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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