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Slight Fever of a 20-Year-Old (1993)

Slight Fever of a 20-Year-Old (1993)

Slight Fever of a 20-Year-Old (1993)
– Hatachi no binetsu (original title)
– 1h 54 min. | Drama, Romance | 4 September 1993 (Japan)

Storyline:

The story of two young hustlers, Tatsuro and Shin, and her two female friends. Everything seems to work, until the day Shin declares he’s in love with Tatsuro.

User review:

I saw this movie in DVD release that came out 10 years after its initial theatrical release, so there is a lot of making-of stuff on the DVD that reveals some surprising things about the movie, e.g. almost all the actors were first-timers; it was a huge box office hit in Japan; the director put down his own work as substandard (much too hard on himself, in my opinion).

The story itself turns and twists on the fact that characters who seem strong–Tatsuro and Yoriko–are actually weaker than their younger friends–Shin-chan and Asami– who turn out to be strongest when they are the most vulnerable. The name of the escort service the boys work for is Pinocchio, a sort of puppet palace/donkey island where it takes something special to become a real, live boy. Overcoming self deception is the biggest hurdle. I suppose it is meant to be Tatsuro’s movie, but Shin-chan stole it from him, not with any sort of mugging, but largely because of the charm of the character. All of the performances were pitch perfect.

I was charmed by all four of these kids, but definitely not in a manipulated Hollywood sort of way. They all seemed like the kids I teach: very real, very embattled, and very resilient.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107085/

Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Writer: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Stars: Yoshihiko Hakamada, Reiko Kataoka, Masashi Endô
Country of origin: Japan
Language: Japanese
Also known as: The Slight Fever of a 20-Year-Old | A Touch of Fever

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 1.90 GiB
Duration : 1 h 53 min
Overall bit rate : 2 384 kb/s

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