Guilty of Romance

Originaltitel: Koi no tsumi

2011
18
2 Std. 24 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuWhen a woman is found dead in an abandoned apartment in a hotel neighborhood in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo, police officer Kasuko focuses his investigation on two respectable women who are... Alles lesenWhen a woman is found dead in an abandoned apartment in a hotel neighborhood in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo, police officer Kasuko focuses his investigation on two respectable women who are not what they seem.When a woman is found dead in an abandoned apartment in a hotel neighborhood in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo, police officer Kasuko focuses his investigation on two respectable women who are not what they seem.

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6,8/10

6024

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
The story is loosely based on the 1997 murder of Yasuko Watanabe, who was a senior economic researcher at TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company), but was also a prostitute at night in the Shibuya district of Tokyo.

Verbindungen
Follows Love Exposure (2008)

Soundtracks
Tombeau pour Monsieur de Lully
Written by Marin Marais

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Disappointing and tedious

After really enjoying Cold Fish at this years Melbourne International Film Festival, I went ahead and got a ticket to a screening of Guilty of Romance.

The only thing that really held my interest (and stopped me from walking out of the cinema) was the gorgeous Megumi Kagurazaka. Outside of this, I found GOR to be underwritten and pretentious.

Didn't care about any of the characters and the stories of three Japanese women quickly became laboured. Overly long scenes, characters shouting at each other, ridiculous literary quotes, a half baked attempt to add a crime caper twist, some kind of messages about modern feminism in Japan? Everything becomes muddled and there is simply no emotion here. Granted I am an Anglo Aussie so I can only assume I am missing much by not being Japanese and understanding their culture.

As a film, Cold Fish was in another league compared to this sorry, overblown mess.