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Studio: Tla Releasing Release Date: 07/29/2008 Run time: 84 minutes Rating: Nr
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hearing and Desire,
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This review is from: Man, Woman, and the Wall (DVD)
Kawase Ryo is a young wrier for a small publisher's magazine for which he mainly writes about what is going on in Japan's underworld. Not quite yet raking in the money, Ryo is happy enough that he has made enough money to rent an apartment that possesses his dream object: a bathtub. However, there is one thing with the apartment that would prove to be a bother to most: the walls are paper thin. Yet, this proves to be a boon for Ryo because he soon becomes obsessed with his neighbor, a young woman whose every move he can hear. Be it when she goes to the restroom, drinks a beer after a hot bath, or makes love to her boyfriend Yuta, Ryo listens and often masturbates to the images of his neighbor that float through his mind.
After a bit of snooping, Ryo learns that his neighbor is named Sugiura Satsuki, played by the former adult film star Aoi Sora, whose beauty and impressive "talents" drive Ryo wild and he soon goes to greater lengths so that he can spy on Satsuki such as sending her boxes addressed to himself so that she will have to bring them to his door and having a friend set up a better system so that he can listen to her clearer. It is at this point that Ryo learns that Satsuki is being stalked by someone else whose intentions are far less noble than Ryo's. Man, Woman, and the Wall is a Pink Film, pinku eiga, whose main point is to titillate its audience. There are several scenes within the short film of Aoi Sora bathing and dressing and also a few scenes of intercourse with her boyfriend Yuta which can be quite heavy at times without showing any naughty bits. It would be easy to toss this film into a pile of other Japanese softcore porn titles, but there are some instances that makes Man, Woman, and the Wall stand out and that is the subject of voyeurism. Oftentimes within the film, Ryo imagines himself within Satsuki's room watching her bathe, brush her teeth, and eat. In these early scenes, before Ryo actually knows what Satsuki's room looks like, he pictures it as being ultra girly with tons of stuffed animals and bright colors. Therefore, he is a bit surprised to discover that her room is quite plain. Ryo falls in "love" with the image of Satsuki that he has created within his own mind. An image that is so strong, the real beautiful and busty Satsuki does not live up to his expectations. This aspect makes the film an interesting critique of reality versus fantasy is a softcore film format.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A slightly perverted escapist film...,
By Steve Kuehl "SLV Video" (Boulder Creek, CA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Man, Woman, and the Wall (DVD)
TLA is known for their variety of Japanese sex titles, but every once in awhile they manage to distribute a slightly above average demented title.
This one follows two young strangers that share the same apartment wall and how their lives become horribly intertwined. Our main male character discovers he can hear/eavesdrop on his new female (and beautiful) neighbor, played quite well by Japanese sex actress Aoi Sola, as she lives her day to day life. Instead of being mellow about it, he becomes obsessed, the kind of scary obsessed that involves sound equipment, schedules, charts, stalking, garbage searching, etc. Just when you think this film might go down the exploit lane, they twist it around and create some relationship building you do not see coming. The acting is par, sometimes painfully forced, but once you see the end scene, it all played for a reason; that in the right people finding each other. Aoi, is a beautiful lady, and plays her difficult sexual role very convincingly, and would really be the only reason to watch this film. The DVD has a decent making of docu, and the transfer is interestingly a 1.77 ratio.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Man, Woman and the Wall,
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This review is from: Man, Woman, and the Wall (DVD)
This feature is in Japanese but with English subtitles. I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. Ryo moves in to an apartment and finds that the walls of this apartment are quite thin and he is able to hear the sounds in the apartment next door. The apartment dweller is a young and beautiful woman who works two jobs. Ryo becomes obsessed with this woman and spends his time eavesdropping on her. The woman next door has been played by Aoi Sola is Satsuki, who has been getting threatening phone calls from a stranger. These phone calls cause her to be drawn closer to her boyfriend, who changes from a caring person in to a weirdo and the eavesdropping neighbor Ryo starts having genuine feelings for Satsuki which she slowly starts reciprocating..... There is a twist in the plot which I would not reveal but has to be seen. Great acting from all characters, amateurish photography but the movie was good so you can overlook this flaw. The nudity is in excess so this movie is not for kids. Three stars 12/30/09
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