Akihiko Shiota's sketch-like scenes have an eccentric and volatile intensity, as the filmmaker stages subtly theoretical moments that still allow for spontaneity.
Wet Woman in the Wind(風に濡れた女)
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Japan · 2016
1h 17m
Director Akihiko Shiota
Starring Yuki Mamiya, Tasuku Nagaoka, Takahiro Katô, Michiko Suzuki
Genre Drama, Romance
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One afternoon, Shiori, a sultry young woman working in a café, encounters Kosuke. Once a recognized playwright, Kosuke now lives a quiet life in a mountain hut, far away from the city, in the hope of escaping his past. But after their first encounter, he will soon be caught in Shiori’s web of sexual desires…
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The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
Genre homage or not, trashy, assault-coddling sexism is a turn off — and worse. Perhaps the “roman porno” reboot project should have rebooted its sexual politics before calling “action!”
Screen International by Jonathan Romney
The sheer energy of the performers, especially an exuberantly funny Mamiya, and the slapstick goofiness of the whole make this an eccentric, hugely enjoyable film - and often, partly because of its relative demureness, a fairly arousing one, with female pleasure and male discomfiture foremost on the menu.
The Hollywood Reporter by Neil Young
Belly-laughs are duly reaped courtesy of the game ensemble, who throw themselves into proceedings with suitable brio — egged on by Shunsuke Kida's infectious, percussively jaunty-jazzy score — while Shiota's screenplay is good for intermittent belly-laughs before dribbling away somewhat post-climax.
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