Love and Loathing and Lulu and Ayano
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Profile
- Movie: Love and Loathing and Lulu and Ayano
- Romaji: Namae no nai onna-tachi
- Japanese: 名前のない女たち
- Director: Hisayasu Sato
- Writer: Atsuhiko Nakamura (novel), Naoko Nishida
- Producer: Ryoji Kobayashi
- Cinematographer: Kazuhiro Suzuki
- Release Date: September 4, 2010
- Runtime: 105 min.
- Production Company: Makotoya
- Distributor: Makotoya
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Wouldn’t it be fun if you could become someone else?!
Her hobbies are reading and taking a walk in the park. Junko, a 22-year-old office clerk who lives a dull life under her mother’s thumb, gets recruited by a scout on the streets of Shibuya. “Are you enjoying life? Wouldn’t it be fun if you could become someone else?”
On the set of an adult film—. The male actors and the sex were scary and shocking, but it was refreshing and new. When Junko, with her stage name of Lulu, puts on a blond wig and wears an otaku costume, she feels like she’s become someone else. Working on the same set is Ayano, a former motorcycle gang member who struggles to control her bouts of rage while allowing her boyfriend to leech off her. For Ayano, Lulu is annoying and naïve but she can’t stop herself from worrying about her.
When Lulu’s popularity increases, a fan starts stalking her, Junko’s co-workers at the company find out about her job as Lulu, and her agent plans to cast her in a gangbang film. A troubled Lulu finds herself walking to Ayano’s apartment… Then one day, a porn actress commits suicide. The harsh reality of the actresses that are dispensed once they lose popularity also hits Lulu. Lulu feels that she finally find a place she belongs to. But is it really the place she could be herself? - Makotoya Co., Ltd.
Notes
- Based on the non-ficton book "Namae no nai onna-tachi" by Atsuhiko Nakamura. "Namae no nai onna-tachi" is a four-volume compilation of interviews with un-credited or hired-for-the-day porn actresses
Cast
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| Norie Yasui | Mayu Sakuma | Hirofumi Arai | Makiko Watanabe |
| Junko / Lulu | Ayano Kurihara | Yuya | Keiko Ogura |
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| Minoru Torihada | Ryunosuke Kawai | Aya Kiguchi | Natsumi Kamata | Ini Kusano |
| Ikawa | Takashi | Rie Aoki | Haruna | Miyake |
Additional Cast Members:
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Film Festivals
- 2011 (12th) Japan Filmfest Hamburg - May 25-29, 2011 - Noh *German Premiere
- 2011 (10th) New York Asian Film Festival / 2011 (5th) JAPAN CUTS: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema - July 1-14, 2011 *North American Premiere
- 2011 (15th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 14-August 7, 2011 *Canadian Premiere
Awards
- Best Actress: (Norie Yasui) - 2011 (15th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 14-August 7, 2011
