May Love Be Restored

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May Love Be Restored (1980)

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A pathetic love story about a prostitute, Yuko and Seijyun, a young trainee monk.

Movie|PG|2 hr. 09 min.|

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Title	May Love Be Restored (1980)
Runtime	2 hr. 09 min.
Studio	Shochiku
Genres	Drama \| Foreign Language
Description	A pathetic love story about a prostitute, Yuko and Seijyun, a young trainee monk. Based on a novel by Tsutomu Minakami, a Naoki Prize winner.

2 months ago

Her ailment is another thing that's probably more explained in the book. She talks about having caught a cold from a customer, but I have a feeling that it was psychosomatic and due to being a virgin forced to sell herself while being denied her true love.

2 months ago

Make that thrice, now, as I felt like revisiting after writing this review. It's Yuko and Seijun, by the way (I had gotten the names from another site). The part about Yuko's anatomical, um, difference was a bit strange, but that may have been explained better in the book, I don't know. Again I thought that the brothel scenes were well rendered, sisterhood and customers (speaking from experience!), and the men's reactions upon seeing Yuko were quite believable.

2 months ago

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It's kinda like complaining that there's no action in a chick flick, though. Otherwise I didn't think she was too virginal (only a little too old, maybe): women were routinely sold to brothels out of necessity. The western cliche of the prostitute as a hardened drug addict doesn't apply. Many were (and are to this day) humble and (not always) uneducated, but otherwise innocent. At the time depicted, women stayed virgins until married or sold, and the virgin prostitute was a hot commodity. And suicide was/is probably on the minds of many. See 1 other reply

2 months ago

I'm guessing that violet isn't a native speaker and has trouble conveying ideas clearly. Just to comment on the 'burden of men's sexual desire' thing, this is precisely what helped the women of this movie survive. Besides, one could make the case that subjugated as they have been throughout history, women have always had a lot of power over men precisely due to men's desire, and have mastered the art of using it to their advantage. To paraphrase Coco Chanel: why would women try to get any of the things that men pursue, when the one thing that women have is... men. Of course, that's far from a kosher feminist statement, and I'm sure that many a modern woman enjoys sweating the rat race to eke out her own living. ;)

2 months ago

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The movie's poster grabbed my eye and I found Yoko very easy on the eyes, which never hurts. Although not my cup of tea, I enjoyed the film enough. Didn't care much for Seijyun and thought him to be a mismatch for Yoko, but that was part of the point in this story of an impossible love, I guess. The best scenes for me were between the women in the brothel. I watched this movie twice just for the stunning main actress.

about 1 year ago

Guessing you have very little knowledge of Japanese customs. Or are you just a feminazi inflicting ur views on others?

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The cinematography was really good. There is one thing that the writers forgot to research. When McAurther had Japan under martial law and is about the time for this movie, he instituted an order that if any Soldier mistreated any Japanese citizens, they would be executed. The one scene where the soldier beats the young monk would have been a death sentence under General McAurther. Other than that, the movie was really good. It kind of reminded me of a modern day Romeo and Juliet.

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