Thoughts on Japanese Film and Media

Japanese Title: 俺たちに明日はないッス aka. Oretachi ni Asu wa Naissu

Director: Tanada Yuki

Info Links: AsianMediaWiki, IMDb, Trailer

Rating: ★★★

“The Summer when youthful passion sweltered in the air.”

Ain’t No Tomorrows opens with this line, though it would be more accurate as “The Summer when youthful and somewhat annoying characters suffered in the sweltering air.”  Hiruma (Emoto Tokio), a high school senior whose only goal in life is to get laid as fast as possible, attempts to blackmail the sickly Tomono (Miwako), who is in a serious relationship with their teacher (Taguchi Tomorowo), into having sex with him.  Repeatedly failing, he turns to Ando (Kusano Ini), a fat boy, in order to take out his sexual urges by squeezing his man boobs.  Little does he know that Ando is lusted after by Akie (Misaki Ayame), the school beauty, who seems to like him for “who he is.”

Hiruma and Ando’s friend, Mine (Yuya Endo), one day stumbles upon Chizu (Ando Sakura), who is passed out in the grass with period blood running down her leg.  She has no idea about her own body and appears to not be knowledgeable about sex, so Mine “helps her out.” This pairing turns out to be the best in the film, though it is the least represented on screen.  In fact, the scene in which they meet is the best scene in the movie. Continue reading →