LATE BLOOMER
[DV97760]

In this weird wicked and wonderfully perverse" (The N.Y. Times)" shocker from Japan, we meet Sumida, a disabled young man marked by his wheelchair, his electronic voice box, his rampant alcoholism, and his appetite for porn. He is the object of pity among friends and the abject to most everyone else. When a female student temporarily becomes his caregiver for research purposes, he mistakes her harmless flirtation for true love. Her eventual rejection sends Sumida on a downward spiral in which his repressed rage erupts in outright revenge. Black-and-white cinematography by Masaaki Takakura. In Japanese with English subtitles. Go Shibata---Japan---2004---83 mins.

Directed by: Shibata, Go

Running time: 83

Year: 2004

Japanese with English Subtitles