Aiko Morishita

  • Makoto Naitô – Jûdai: Keiko no baai a.k.a The Fall of Teenager (1979)

    1971-1980JapanMakoto NaitôRomance

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    Keiko, a high school girl from private Yotsuba Gakuen. It may not be her own responsibility that the 17-year-old girl, who is about to enter college, is suddenly out of the way. Poor couples, uncomfortable homes, teachers of the highest grade, high school life that seems to be breathless. One day, Keiko, who had a head-on conflict with her teacher, began to go to snacks and discos with the invitation of a delinquent group, and eventually fell off the road to runaway, drinking, marijuana, dating with gangsters, prostitution, and drugs. To go–.Read More »

  • Toshiya Fujita – Jûhassai, umi e (1979)

    1971-1980AsianDramaJapanToshiya Fujita

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    I haven’t watched it yet and there seems to be very little information available, but from what I understand, it’s a bleak story of two alienated youths (Morishita Aiko and Nagashima Toshiyuki) preoccupied with entrance exams and suicide. In short, the kind of thing one might expect from Nakagami and Fujita Toshiya.Read More »

  • Yôichi Higashi – Sâdo aka Third (1978)

    Arthouse1971-1980AsianJapanYôichi Higashi

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    Sado is a third base man in a high school baseball team. He has a friend, Shinbunbu, who is an editor for the school newspaper. As a plan to make money, the two one day decide to become pimp and prostitute. However, after killing a gangster in a conflict, Sado gets caught and ends up in juvenile delinquent hell.

    The movie was targeted for a high school audience with what would have been an outrageous adventure for a high school student for that time in Japan. Such occurrence is no longer novel in Japan today where high school girls become their own pimps, but back in 1978 the theme of the movie was quite shocking and sensational.Read More »

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