This is really not very happy. I realise that this is titled as Lowlife Love but this is not at all as I imagined. What we soon have are a low level filmmaking people either porno or very small budget films which we in UK do not really have. The thing in Japan there is clearly a very good chance to make a film but at the same time some of the actors, especially young girls. So, not only 'lowlife' but people who take maybe as might be detestable characters and this simply may be exploitation and degradation, which it looks like here.
Plot summary
Tetsuo (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'. He's a real loser. Despite being in his late 30s, he still lives with his mother and sister, borrowing money off them and scrounging from all he comes in contact with. This includes his best friend Mamoru (Yoshihiko Hosoda),who makes porn films with him for dodgy characters in order to make money, as well as the film actors' school they've setup to exploit their students as well as for him to sleep with wannabe actresses. He's a real jerk. Then one day two new students come to his school: Minami (Maya Okano),a naive and fresh girl from the countryside who wants to be an actress and Ken (Shugo Oshinari),a scriptwriter who has been living overseas. Tetsuo sees something in Minami and feels she has what it takes to be a real star and Ken has a brilliant script which could be the fantastic new project which would relaunch his career as a director, with Minami his muse. With the help of Kida (Denden),an unsavory film producer, they strive to turn this project into something tangible, but Minami's ability starts to turn the heads of other film directors such as Kano (Kanji Furutachi) and Shinjo (Kanji Tsuda) and soon Tetsuo's world starts to fall apart at the seams... Will Tetsuo's past exploits catch up to him or will he be able to hold it all together and start afresh?
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1280*534
Japanese 2.0
NR
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This is really not very happy
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Too depressing
An unpleasant film from the director of LOVE AND OTHER CULTS, this shines a light on the murky world of indie and low-budget filmmaking in Japan and concentrates throughout on the exploitation and degradation of women in the industry. It's sleazy and depressing, featuring one scene after another of humiliation, violence or pornography, and it's a world in which actresses are treated as little more than pieces of meat. Realistic, yes, and well made with it, especially for a low budget movie, but hardly fun to watch. The problem I have with films like this is that when the central character is invariably rehabilitated come the climax, you're supposed to appreciate their transformation, but they're such detestable characters that I never do.
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Rather Slow
I liked the scenes of Japan but the film itself is rather slow and boring. Some hot chicks -- especailly the one right at the beginning who's naked. Japanese girls shoudl do more porn in my book.