Celebrating it’s 45th anniversary, Nikkatsu productions release of “Aroused by Gynopedies”, sets out to recapture the the iconic Roman Porno era made popular in the 70’s and 80’s.
Furuya is a director renown for making artistic film that have earned him international acclaim, but has left him with little money. It is during the shooting of his current film, that an actor pulls out after and altercation with another actor, where he finds himself unemployed and further in debt.
Now broke, Furuya wanders around aimlessly with feelings of being disenfranchised within his industry. This leads to him meeting up with former student Yuka, whom he starts an affair with. Not the type to settle, our protagonist finds himself involved with other women throughout the film.
As the film nears it closing we learn that there is more to Furuya's jaded, a catalyst that lead him down the path of disinterest in the film industry and him thrusting himself into peoples lives, which whom he seems to hold little lasting interest.
The direction in the film services the story well, but does nothing in particular to impress. It is the writing by director …show more content…
There are only a few instances where he has to portray any deeper emotions, when he does he executes it well. However these moments are too seldom to put his performance to much critique. Sumrise Ashine who plays Yuka, the young student that Furuya spends most of his time with during the movie, had more depth as an actor. In her roll she was able to re-capture the traits of the stronger female leads during the Roman Porno era, strong, independent, sensual, with a certain amount of innocence. Aroused by Gynopedies is her first film, off of this performance I am hopeful to see more of her in future
Furuya is a director renown for making artistic film that have earned him international acclaim, but has left him with little money. It is during the shooting of his current film, that an actor pulls out after and altercation with another actor, where he finds himself unemployed and further in debt.
Now broke, Furuya wanders around aimlessly with feelings of being disenfranchised within his industry. This leads to him meeting up with former student Yuka, whom he starts an affair with. Not the type to settle, our protagonist finds himself involved with other women throughout the film.
As the film nears it closing we learn that there is more to Furuya's jaded, a catalyst that lead him down the path of disinterest in the film industry and him thrusting himself into peoples lives, which whom he seems to hold little lasting interest.
The direction in the film services the story well, but does nothing in particular to impress. It is the writing by director …show more content…
There are only a few instances where he has to portray any deeper emotions, when he does he executes it well. However these moments are too seldom to put his performance to much critique. Sumrise Ashine who plays Yuka, the young student that Furuya spends most of his time with during the movie, had more depth as an actor. In her roll she was able to re-capture the traits of the stronger female leads during the Roman Porno era, strong, independent, sensual, with a certain amount of innocence. Aroused by Gynopedies is her first film, off of this performance I am hopeful to see more of her in future