Shoujyo
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Eiji Okuda
Eiji Okuda
Mayu Ozawa
Shoji Akira
Mari Natsuki
Hideo Murota
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Tomokawa, a notoriously lazy policeman, spends his days teasing his friend Sukemasa, a retarded boy, cycling through the city and having affairs with married women. One day, he meets Yoko, a 15-year-old who offers to go to bed with him for money. The policeman becomes infatuated with her. Before long, the two discover that they have lots of things in common: Sukemasa is Yoko's brother, their mother was one of Tomokawa's former lovers, and Yoko's grandfather had tattooed a one-winged male phoenix on Tomokawa's back. According to a Chinese proverb, a one-winged bird represents a sacred vow between a man and a woman. Tomokawa tells Yoko that his bird needs a mate in order to be able to fly. Yoko decides that her grandfather should create a similar tattoo for her.
Director
Eiji Okuda
Crew
Katsuhiko Hibino
Henri Ishii
Henri Ishii
Hirokazu Ishii
Katsuhiko Manabe
Renjo Mikihiko
Izuru Narushima
Eiji Okuda
Eiji Okuda
Shigeru Okuhara
Shigeru Umebayashi
Ben Yamamoto
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States November 11, 2005
Released in United States November 2001
Released in United States November 2002
Released in United States on Video September 19, 2006
Released in United States September 30, 2005
Released in United States Summer August 26, 2005
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Cinema of Tomorrow) August 23 - September 3, 2001.
Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival November 9-18, 2001.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Critics Week) August 29 - September 8, 2001.
Feature directorial debut for actor Eiji Okuda.
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Cinema of Tomorrow) August 23 - September 3, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Critics Week) August 29 - September 8, 2001.)
Released in United States Summer August 26, 2005
Released in United States on Video September 19, 2006
Released in United States September 30, 2005 (New York City)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival November 9-18, 2001.)
Released in United States November 2002 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (International Competition) November 7-17, 2002.)
Released in United States November 11, 2005 (Los Angeles)
