I Thought About You (思いはあなただけ, Omoi wa anata dake) is a 1997 Japanese Pink film directed by Yukio Kitazawa. It was chosen as Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony.
| I Thought About You | |
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 DVD cover for I Thought About You (1997) | |
| Directed by | Yukio Kitazawa[1] |
| Written by | Yukio Kitazawa |
| Starring | Yōta Kawase |
| Cinematography | Kazuhiro Suzuki |
| Edited by | Yukio Kitazawa |
| Music by | Taoka |
| Distributed by | Iizumi Productions / ENK |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Synopsis
editA gay pink film about two detectives who investigate a gang rape after a video is sent to their office.[2]
Critical reception
editThe pink film community chose I Thought About You as the Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix—the first, and, as of 2009, only gay pink film to be so awarded.[3]
Anglophone pink film authority Jasper Sharp judges that the violence in I Thought About You—particularly the video of the gang rape which the detectives receive—will be difficult viewing for most audiences, gay or straight. As one of the gay ENK studio's most highly regarded films, Sharp notes that I Thought About You sheds light on the violence against women often portrayed, and often criticized in "straight" pink films. Sharp writes, "If these films had laid themselves open to criticism for the often rough treatment the female characters received at the hands of men, the violence contained within them seems relatively restrained compared to gay porno's images of man-on-man brutality, rough sado-masochistic lovemaking and frequent scenes of violent sexual assault."[2]
Cast
edit- Yōta Kawase
- Osamu Shimokawa
- Kyōsuke Sasaki
- Hajime Mao
- Hotaru Hazuki
Bibliography
editEnglish
edit- Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. pp. 304, 347. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
Japanese
edit- 思いはあなただけ ～I Thought About You～(1997) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- 思いはあなただけ ～I Thought About You～ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
References
edit- ^ Infobox data from 思いはあなただけ ～I Thought About You～(1997) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-06-03. and 思いはあなただけ ～I Thought About You～ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ^ a b Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. pp. 304, 347. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
- ^ "Best Ten of 1997 (1997年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2009.