Platonic Sex (2001)
When Aoi is gang-raped by her classmates and kicked out of her home by her own parents she sees no reason to continue living. Before she commits suicide, however, she receives an email on her cellphone from a man named Toshi addressed to a girl named Ai. The message simply thanks the girl for being alive, but this specific message has an effect on Aoi and she decides to keep on living. Without many options, Aoi resorts to everything from paid dating to porn to earn money and meets a lot of less than reputable characters. Throughout it all though she looks toward Toshi as her hope for happiness and the two form a relationship.
Director:
Masako Matsuura
Writer:
Yoshiko Morishita
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Saki Kagami as Aoi Kadokura |
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Joe Odagiri as Toshimi Iwasaki |
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Hiroshi Abe as Hideyuki Ishikawa |
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Maho Nonami as |
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Kenjirou Ishimaru as |
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Toshie Negishi as |
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Mantaro Koichi as |
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Yoji Tanaka as |
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Taishu Kase as Mr. Kanai |
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Mitsu Murata as Nakao |
| Directing | Masako Matsuura | Director |
| Directing | Takashi Inoue | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Yoshiko Morishita | Screenplay |
| Production | Chihiro Kameyama | Producer |
| Production | Miki Watanabe | Producer |
| Production | Akifumi Takuma | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Toshihiko Sahashi | Music |
| Editing | Akimasa Kawashima | Editor |
| Camera | Hiroshi Takase | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ai Iijima | Original Story |