


[quote]A gay college student in a committed relationship has an affair with another man that leads to inevitable confrontation and questions of identity. A critically praised film that deals honestly with gay relationships in a manner rare for "pink cinema." In Japanese with English subtitles.[/quote]
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I Like You’s shadowy sex scenes are a muddle of lifeless realism and private intensity, combining organic, naturally recorded sounds with looped panting. In a Japan where the penis is (more or less) verboten, the sex never dares to cross the threshold of hardcore; as is frequently the case with Japanese erotica, however, neurotic censorships only facilitate fetishes that would not otherwise exist. Most conspicuously, Shin’s jockstrap serves not only the pragmatic function of camouflaging genital taboos, but becomes a nearly metaphysical totem that crystallizes the longings of those who gaze upon it. Though at times excruciatingly tedious, the film’s monotonous seaside atmosphere lingers in the memory, and the tedium does eventually blur into a kind of melancholic relaxation, even if the undernourished characters who populate this milieu remain as alien to us as they are to each other.[/quote]
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/35/pinkfilms.html
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