
Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) is a Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo. This movie ranked 7th Best Film at the 2006 Yokohama Film Festival and got Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography prizes from the same festival.... (Full plot summary below)
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Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) is a Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo. This movie ranked 7th Best Film at the 2006 Yokohama Film Festival and got Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography prizes from the same festival.
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| User ReviewRobyn Calthough sometimes crude, this movie portrayed the stories of four different women. each story unique, yet somehow familiar, there are things many people can identify with. have an open-mind and no preconceptions of what movies are like, this is nothing like your regular hollywood movie. |
| User ReviewRick BDespite the title, this is a very adult film. Watching these four women go through their issues makes for a tough watch at times, but the way the film is presented is far from gratuitous. I would have liked more of a conclusion, but Yazaki Hitoshi gives but a glimpse of the girl's future that fits with the rest of the film. A good choice for those who prefer more adult situations with their "slice-of-life" dramas. |
| User ReviewOla WBeautiful and intense. There is no hand-holding as far as the plot is concerned, so be ready to give this film your full attention (which can be tough at times with some of the brutally real imagery). |
| User ReviewPrivate UFor someone who has made "March Comes in Like a Lion", we could have a higher expectation for Hitoshi Yazaki. Well, it's actually GOOD enough. Unshamefully realistic on the themes of sex, love, hope and identity. At the end, everyone gets something even though it's not what one prayed for... |
| User ReviewKobal MFour Japanese women dealing and coping with life as it comes each in their own different way where you are in it and at times identify yourself with the loneliness they endure... Good Film! |
| User ReviewErulisse A4 single women in Tokyo and their endurance with loneliness . Different walks of life. Unique yet familiar. |
| User ReviewMark CWith a saccharine sweet title and poster like that, you will be forgiven for dismissing Strawberry Shortcakes as just another frivolous chick flick. You'll be in for a surprise as it is a bleak and contemplative look at the solitary lives of four young females living menial lives in Tokyo, searching for love or getting over heart breaks in their own idiosyncratic and painful ways. Though the movie takes its time unravelling the characters, I was drawn into the unemcumbered approach to the story, i.e. no plot contrivances, and the strong and memorable performances of the leads who are so distinctively drawn, warts and all, you can't help but sympathise with them. No matter how dire their circumstances. It is sad to see that females are subjugated even in modern Japanese society. |
| User ReviewJason JWhoever wrote the short description stated that it was like "Sex & The City" but unfortunately that writer was dead wrong. The portrayal of women during dire times of their lives was much more dramatic and emotional than the characters from Sex & The City could ever go through. Yazaki brought together a young cast that brought their characters slowly through the brooding plots. Each woman going through their own pains was moving. Yes, the film did move slow - but if you've watched a lot of Japanese cinema you'd understand how it is. |
| User ReviewKay PStrawberry Shortcakes follows the lives of four women as they seek love and vaguely contemplate "God". Satoko is the childlike, purportedly ugly telephone operator of a prostitution service. Akiyo is one of the prostitutes in its employ, but what she really longs for is the love of her best friend, who has no clue about her work or her adoration for him. Chihiro is a pretty secretary who tries far too hard to please in her desperation to be loved and married, resulting in a tendency to have sex with men who care nothing for her. Chihiro's roommate Toko is a solitary artist who has been commissioned to draw her personal interpretation of God for a book cover. There's a vein of tragedy running through each of the women's lives. The film opens on an adolescent girl in her pajamas (a younger Satoko) being dragged down the street by an older guy decked out in casual punk style. She clings to his ankle, crying and begging for him to take her back. Eventually he pauses, sneers, "Shut up," and shakes her off like a dog. Satoko says that after that day she felt she could endure anything, and it might be so because she seems to be the happiest of the four for most of the rest of the film. Strawberry Shortcakes is delicate, and, at times, difficult to watch. However, what it has to say about life, love, personal growth, luck, and making one's own destiny should not be dismissed. The women seem real and even a little too human, with the pleasant and ugly sides of their lives equally on display. The film's ultimate lingering emotion, I think, is one of hope. |
| User ReviewIvan Ppretty cool movie.. tho didnt know whether to laugh or cry at times.. really made me wanna go live in tokyo.. and also made me not so sad at living alone... never thought there could be too much sex tho in a jap movie... |