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Shoujyo: An Adolescent
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama, Romance, Classic |
| Release Date: | August 26, 2005 |
| Running time: | 132 minutes |
| Cast: | Eiji Okuda, Mayu Ozawa, Shoji Akira, Mari Natsuki, Hideo Murota |
| Director: | Eiji Okuda |
| Producer: | Ben Yamamoto |
| Writer: | Izuru Narushima, Katsuhiko Manabe, Renjo Mikihiko |
| Distributor: | Indican Pictures |
Description: Tomokawa, a notoriously lazy policeman, spends his days teasing his friend Sukemasa, a retarded boy, cycling through the city and having affairs with married women. One day, he meets Yoko, a 15-year-old who offers to go to bed with him for money. The policeman becomes infatuated with her. Before long, the two discover that they have lots of things in common: Sukemasa is Yoko's brother, their mother was one of Tomokawa's former lovers, and Yoko's grandfather had tattooed a one-winged male phoenix on Tomokawa's back. According to a Chinese proverb, a one-winged bird represents a sacred vow between a man and a woman. Tomokawa tells Yoko that his bird needs a mate in order to be able to fly...
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