CHILDREN'S STORY

Last night the boy and I watched this film that I had seen the trailer for and was incredibly intrigued by; Underwater Love; A Pink Musical.
Pink Film is a Japanese genre of theatrical soft core porn that originated in the 1960's meaning that; it's porn without any actual genitals showing, only breasts and prosthetic genitals are allowed on screen amidst outbursts of song and choreographed dance numbers. Comparatively, with other porno's like typical American or Westernised porn, the Japanese place incredible importance on the censoring of men and women's southern regions and the people don't complain. It doesn't just add a more artistic appeal to the filming but it also has a sense of "what's hot is what you can't see".
So, anyway, Underwater Love is a soft core porno musical about a woman and a 'Kappa' - a water sprite who's form is mostly human other than a turtle like beak, shell on it's back and the top of it's head must be watered in order for it to live. The woman, Asuka, is in her mid-thirties working in a fish factory and about to marry her strange boss Hajime. One day she spots a Kappa, who turns out to be Aoki, an old high school crush of hers that had drowned in a swamp 17 years ago and had been reincarnated as one of the water sprites.
Directed by Shinji Imaoka, known to be one of the 'Seven Lucky Gods of Pink' and with cinematography from Christopher Doyle, an Austalian award winner in his field, the film is definitely an interesting watch. I  found it hilarious, moving, uncomfortable and completely enjoyable.
Check it out;