Hard Lesbian: Quick and Deep
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aka Coming Out and is a 2005
Japan
ese pink film directed by Osamu Satō. It won the awards for Best Film, Eighth Place and Best New Actress at the Pink Grand Prix
ceremony.
. Lead actress Kyōko Natsume was given the Best New Actress award at the ceremony.
The Weissers write that lesbian-themed pink films have usually been made for heterosexual male audiences interested in seeing "two naked female bodies for the price of one", rather than for the gay and lesbian community. According to Jasper Sharp, organizers of the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival regard most of these films-- with some notable exceptions by directors Yutaka Ikejima
and Yumi Yoshiyuki
-- as exploitation films. Shintōhō submitted Hard Lesbian: Quick and Deep to the Festival, but, despite its sincere depiction of lesbian relationships, its sex scenes were said to have been obviously intended for a heterosexual audience.
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
Japan
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ese pink film directed by Osamu Satō. It won the awards for Best Film, Eighth Place and Best New Actress at the Pink Grand Prix
Pink Grand Prix
The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public....
ceremony.
Synopsis
Reiko is an Office Lady who feels alienated by the male-centric corporate society, sexual abuse from males during her daily commute, and her disappointing romantic life with her co-worker and fiancee, Aki. She meets a woman on a commuter train who introduces her to lesbian society, and she engages in a relationship with a woman she meets at a bar.Cast
- Kyōko Natsume (夏目今日子): Reiko Sutō
- Nancy (ナンシー): Tamaki Aizawa
- Kyōko Hayami (速水今日子): Mari Kobayakawa
- Keiichi Aiba (饗場圭一): Akihiko Mukai
- Mariko Kobayashi (小林まり子): Aya Kirishima
- Hitomi Hara (原ひとみ): Toshie Sutō
- Ichiro Shinjitsu (真実一路): Shin'ichirou Sutō
- Kikujirou Honda (本多菊次朗): Mitsuo Ōkawara
Reception
Jasper Sharp writes that Hard Lesbian: Quick and Deeps portrayal of lesbianism is "surprisingly earnest and sensitively-handled". The mainstream pink film community awarded Hard Lesbian: Quick and Deep as the Eighth Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand PrixPink Grand Prix
The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public....
. Lead actress Kyōko Natsume was given the Best New Actress award at the ceremony.
The Weissers write that lesbian-themed pink films have usually been made for heterosexual male audiences interested in seeing "two naked female bodies for the price of one", rather than for the gay and lesbian community. According to Jasper Sharp, organizers of the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival regard most of these films-- with some notable exceptions by directors Yutaka Ikejima
Yutaka Ikejima
is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...
and Yumi Yoshiyuki
Yumi Yoshiyuki
is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's...
-- as exploitation films. Shintōhō submitted Hard Lesbian: Quick and Deep to the Festival, but, despite its sincere depiction of lesbian relationships, its sex scenes were said to have been obviously intended for a heterosexual audience.