Film: Otakus in Love
I’m planning on watching PingPong after this film but it was like 12AM. Anyways…
"Otakus
in Love"
Japan: Koi no Mon (恋の門)
Director: Suzuki Matsuo (2004)
Original Language: Japanese
Cast:
Ryuhei Matsuda, Wakana Sakai, Suzuki Matsyo, Kiyoshirô, Hijiri Kojima, Shin’ya
Tsukamoto
Intriguing
J-Film. otakus in love? been really sticking that in my mind before i could
even watch it. they’ve shown the interesting things about the lives of manga artists.
gee its hard! especially if you’re working for a company with deadlines to meet
and stuff. pretty magical… that’s what i wanted to say for the entire film.
first of all, the plot of the story is all about Mon and Koino (hmm how did we
get to that japanese title "Koi no Mon"? played both by Matsuda and
Sakai)… Both of them are artists. Koino on draws on paper, Mon draws on rocks (and he sells
them too hehehe). wacky film that involves cosplays, how the manga artists work
their stuff, etc. but this film involves relationship issues as well as Mon
being encouraged by Koino and the others to become a manga artist. Marimoda, a
retired manga artist once met with Koino who asked him to draw. But in
exchange, Koino has to give herself to Marimoda when Marimoda himself becomes successful. A contest from
a manga company was held and that gave way for Mon and Marimoda to fight for
Koino. anyways, too complicated, too vague for me to tell the rest… you get
the story since the title in english is "Otakus in Love".
i like this film so much. subjectively, i am really drawn to the drama of it. most especially the parts when Koino and Mon are being intimate. until when they slept together and stuff… no x-scenes bitches!
this film is wacky as a comedy film but very educational and insightful on the
lives of otakus… especially their love lives which i absolutely wanna see for
myself.
–jic 005010MMV0040H
