46-okunen no koi (2006)

Director:

Takashi Miike

Writers:

Ikki Kajiwara (novel) &
Hisao Maki (novel) ...

Release Date:

26 August 2006 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Violence | Homosexuality | Dead Boy | Police Detective

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ryuhei Matsuda	...	Jun Ariyoshi
Masanobu Ando	...	Shiro Kazuki
Shunsuke Kubozuka	...	Sumio Yukimura
Kiyohiko Shibukawa	...	Makoto Tsuchiya
Jo Kanamori
Ken'ichi Endô
Renji Ishibashi
Ryo Ishibashi	...	Warden Tsuchiya
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shirô Kazuki
Sohee Park	...	Prisoner 'A'
Jai West	...	Deranged Prisoner

Also Known As:

4.6 Billion Year Love (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Big Bang Love (Singapore: English title)
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:85 min | Argentina:85 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Argentina:18 | Italy:VM14 | USA:Unrated (DVD rating) | Japan:PG-12

Company:

Eisei Gekijo

Porn? Action? Character study? Useless!

This poorly focused exercise may reference Genet's UN CHANT D'AMOUR but even fifty years on is MUCH less explicit and features badly drawn symbols instead of characters. They are SO badly drawn in fact that it was difficult for me to even tell them apart. The picture is mostly murky with occasional laughable CG intrusions. The soundtrack is shrill and echoey. This is not the work of a professional, is it? Miike has made other whacked out films that pushed boundaries of taste, genre, style or narrative. This time, he just struck out. It's such a mess that it was "a hit at the Berlin Film Festival"- always a cautionary note!