Shoujyo - An Adolescent
(*** ½ )  ...unabashed wit and crystalline style. Twisted romance... --Michael Wilmington, Chicago TribuneAt its core, the film is strong and involving, Narushima and Manabe's script (from a novel by Mikihiko Renjo) has a stubborn, persistent and honest quality, and those willing to sit through the film to its end will be rewarded by the sense that the couple's acquired wisdom and understanding have been hard-won. --Kevin Thomas, LA TimesThe lover s passion is movingly evoked (particularly in Ms. Ozawa s emotionally raw performance as the needy teenager)...Sumptous fun mixed with eroticism." --Dana Stevens, NY Times