Naomi (1980)
Directed by Yoichi Takabayashi
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - Japan |
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
Cliched and predictable, this routine drama about the vagaries of love begins with 16-year-old teen Naomi (Yuki Mizuhara) slowly being conned into taking up with Joji Kawai (Makoto Saito), a 30-year-old businessman. The unlikely pair is definitely imbalanced; Naomi would be naïve for a twelve-year-old, while Joji plans on simply exploiting her. As their relationship continues, Naomi begins to catch on to her own sexual charms and starts to manipulate Joji with so much expertise that he might as well be indentured. And then the young woman decides that other men are even more interesting...