For no apparent reason, after getting some extra allowance from Bro's annual bonus, i went to Yangtze again to kill an lonely afternoon from the repeat telecast of Jack Neo's Crappy Comedy Nite.
軽井沢夫人-官能の夜想曲 aka Madam Karuizawa is the show that i go for. The first time this show makes an apperance at Yangtze was when i was in Sec 4. Yeah, a good old Sec 4 where it was 5 years ago. In fact, this film was made 10 years ago.
Ever after since the practice of not checking tickets from the underage makes the spotlight on The Straits Times, i was, for the first time, being asked for my ID at the box office counter. Somehow while comparing the lobby cards displayed in the boards on the film, it seems that the pics displayed is getting much more racy compared to the past. While the lobby cards of 軽井沢夫人-官能の夜想曲 features only the leading actress 真梨邑ケイand actor 鶴見辰吾 simply cuddle and hug at each other, other films such as Tainted Love and Wildly Available features man and woman stripping and playing SM.
Early birds were entertained with the trailer of the upcoming crappy American production: Temptress. I see nothing but this cheo bu with XXL boobs using black magic to seduce men, men, men and more men. What happens in the trailer was sex was used to perform exorcism (which gives David Zucker, the man behind the Scary Movie franchise, an idea to mock at other movies. Eventually, it ends up more like porn than your comedy flick.) Oh yes, for ya info, this juicy movie is made by the all guy's favourite magazine, Playboy. Unsurprisingly and unamazingly, it was passed under R21 with cuts.
軽井沢夫人-官能の夜想曲 is about Madam Karuizawa (真梨邑ケイ or Kei Marimura in English, who was well known for her Jazz performance in Japan during the 80's) and her rich husband and her young son spend a weekend in Karuizawa's mansion. She met her childhood playmate, Yuri (鶴見辰吾) in the mansion, whom he was employed to work as her husband's financial consultant. When Yuri caught Madam Karuizawa's husband having a sexual relationship with Yuri's ex-wife, they began to get involved in a Basic Instinct like relationship, minus all the bloody suspense. Karuizawa and Yuri had their rendaevouz in the small wooden house they used to spend their childhood, since Karuizawa is facing her marital crisis. In the end, Karuizawa's husband had Yuri' ex-wife strangled to death while having sex, and he was too ashamed to face the truth. His father was so furious that he paid Yuri to take up the scapegoat by claiming that he is the murderer,Karuizawa's father-in-law paid for the best lawyer, he goes into prison for a few years, and upon release, a high paid job awaits him - to replace Karuizawa's hubby in the current post. When Karuizawa realised the ultimate motive Yuri gets along with her (to rip off money from the rich tai tai's), she files a divorce with her husband and allows Yuri to take the scapegoat. She left the family in the end.
As the end credit roles, it does not looks like a movie to me. More rather, a telemovie that was supposingly made for the AV release. I was wondering: Am i watching a concentrated version of Japanese soap drama meant for midnight release? I do not know, and i do not wish to know, cos i know, my tummy wants the piping hot siew mai and ngoh hiang that is selling at Level 1.
Now playing: Pilate - Don't Waste Your Breath
P.S: got the pic of Madam Karuizawa, but not going to show you, since this film is just part of the Jap AV series.