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Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. She is just about to be married to her boss. One day, she encounters a Kappa, a water creature living in the lake and learns that it is the reincarnation of Aoki, her first love. What ensues is a zany spectacle of love, music and sex.
Limited Edition run of 2,000 copies including original soundtrack CD
3 Interviews with Christopher Doyle
Interview with director Shinji Imaoka
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Limited Edition run of 2,000 copies including original soundtrack CD
3 Interviews with Christopher Doyle
Interview with director Shinji Imaoka
'Porcupines' - Behind the scenes shots by Christopher Doyle
Theatrical Trailer
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Alternative Footage, Anamorphic Widescreen, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Teaser(s), Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: A woman finds herself caught in one of the most unusual romantic triangles in screen history in this offbeat musical comedy-drama from director Shinji Imaoka. Asuka (Sawa Masaki) is a woman in her mid-thirties who has a job in a fish processing plant; she's engaged to Taki (Mutsuo Yoshioka), who is also her boss, but while she's content with her life, she sometimes feels something is missing. One day while taking a stroll near a lake, Asuka spots a large Kappa, a supposedly mythical beast that has the body of a man, the shell of a turtle and the face of a bird. Asuka senses a connection with the strange creature, and she realizes the Kappa was once Akoi (Yoshiro Umezawa), a boy she dated in high school who vanished in a drowning incident at the age of 17. Asuka takes Akoi home for his own safety, but as she tries to hide the Kappa from Taki and her friends, she realizes she's still in love with Akoi, and falls into a strange but passionate affair with the sea beast. Described by its director as a "pink musical" ("pink films" are what Japanese filmgoers call soft core erotica), Onna No Kappa (aka Underwater Love) features several song and dance numbers featuring new tunes from the group Stereo Total. ...Underwater Love ( Onna no kappa ) ( Under water Love - A Pink Musical )
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I've seen some strange films in my life, but this one takes the cucumber
2 Mar 2012
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After reading Amazon's synopsis of this film - which is quite accurate - how could I not buy this film? A Japanese soft porn musical love triangle between a female worker in a fish factory, her boss, and a mythical creature from the deep, who is part man, part turtle and part bird. Imagine Twilight, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Half a Sixpence. And yet that doesn't quite capture it.
The film is shot quite naturalistically and without any special effects. The creature is a bloke with a beak mask over his face and a turtle-shell shaped backpack. It is mostly shot under grey skies in a fish factory and on the side of a dismal harbour. The various people, apart from the Kappa, look, dress, and talk normally. So what we have here is a modern day fairy tale. The Kappa's appearance helps the lead character question her upcoming marriage and reflect upon what is important in life. Perhaps this is overstating the depth of the film; it is clearly more a throwaway piece of entertainment than a think piece, but there is more here than immediately meets the eye.
Soft porn? Not really. There's as much T&A as your typical French art house film, but no front bottoms. We do get close-ups of the Kappa's fantasy penis (cf. The Beast), which is pretty impressive in a foot-long knobbly kind of way. There is also an 'anal pearl', but you'll have to watch the film to find out what that is; suffice to say, it looks extremely painful.
The musical numbers are short and rather fun. The songs are light pop songs with catchy melodies and the dancing that accompanies them is deliberately hopeless, which makes them quite enjoyable. The musical numbers don't get in the way of the narrative and add to the ambience of the fun, low budget spectacle. The whole thing rattles along at a healthy pace and certainly never gets boring.
It is enigmatic and weird and an interesting comparison is with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. But whereas that film takes itself far too seriously for its own good, this is a fun-filled 90 minutes of endearing strangeness.
The film is shot quite naturalistically and without any special effects. The creature is a bloke with a beak mask over his face and a turtle-shell shaped backpack. It is mostly shot under grey skies in a fish factory and on the side of a dismal harbour. The various people, apart from the Kappa, look, dress, and talk normally. So what we have here is a modern day fairy tale. The Kappa's appearance helps the lead character question her upcoming marriage and reflect upon what is important in life. Perhaps this is overstating the depth of the film; it is clearly more a throwaway piece of entertainment than a think piece, but there is more here than immediately meets the eye.
Soft porn? Not really. There's as much T&A as your typical French art house film, but no front bottoms. We do get close-ups of the Kappa's fantasy penis (cf. The Beast), which is pretty impressive in a foot-long knobbly kind of way. There is also an 'anal pearl', but you'll have to watch the film to find out what that is; suffice to say, it looks extremely painful.
The musical numbers are short and rather fun. The songs are light pop songs with catchy melodies and the dancing that accompanies them is deliberately hopeless, which makes them quite enjoyable. The musical numbers don't get in the way of the narrative and add to the ambience of the fun, low budget spectacle. The whole thing rattles along at a healthy pace and certainly never gets boring.
It is enigmatic and weird and an interesting comparison is with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. But whereas that film takes itself far too seriously for its own good, this is a fun-filled 90 minutes of endearing strangeness.
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