Films about manga aficionados are not exactly a rarity in Japanese cinema, considering the size of the particular industry both in the country and internationally. Shunsuke Kariyama, however, instead of moving into romantic paths, chooses to channel the main premises of Bl (boy’s love manga), in an almost opposite fashion, as the movie focuses on the friendly relationship of two women, a teenager and an older one.
Bl Metamorphosis is screening as part of Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
Yuki Ichinoi is a feisty elderly woman who spends her time alone after the death of her husband, teaching calligraphy to children. One day, she enters a bookstore and stumbles upon a Bl manga, which she proceeds to buy out of curiosity, also because she liked the cover. The clerk of the store, seventeen-year-old Urara, a highschool student and part-timer there, is surprised to see someone at the age of Yuki buying such a title,...
Bl Metamorphosis is screening as part of Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
Yuki Ichinoi is a feisty elderly woman who spends her time alone after the death of her husband, teaching calligraphy to children. One day, she enters a bookstore and stumbles upon a Bl manga, which she proceeds to buy out of curiosity, also because she liked the cover. The clerk of the store, seventeen-year-old Urara, a highschool student and part-timer there, is surprised to see someone at the age of Yuki buying such a title,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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