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Bastoni: The Stick Handlers (2002)
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2002 (Japan) morePlot:
Husband and wife Yamaguchi and Natsuki are young, attractive stars in Japanese adult films. When Natsuki retires to have a baby... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Charming moreCast
(Credited cast) | Shunsuke Matsuoka | ... | Ryo Yamaguchi |
| Tomorowo Taguchi | ... | Matsunaga |
| Hideomi Nakazato | ... | Eishin |
| Yuka Kojima | ... | Natsuki |
| Amiko Kanaya | ... | Miyuki |
| Yurika Iwashita | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Noriko Hayami | ||
| Katsuhiko Hibino | ||
| Hitoshi Ishikawa | ||
| Hidetoshi Ito | ||
| Kazuhiko Kanayama | ||
| Toshiyuki Kitami | ||
| Kazuki Kitamura | ||
| Hiromi Kuronuma | ||
| Atsushi Narasaka | ||
| Eiji Okuda | ||
| Makoto Sudo | ||
| Yoshimi Tachi | ||
| Yoji Tanaka | ||
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'Kazuhiko Nakamura', who makes his film debut with this comedy, draws upon his experience as an assistant in Japan's adult video industry. moreFAQ
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I don't know why this has been ranked badly by others. The kids are lovely, the sex is soft-core but appealing, it gives some sense of a Japan today that is not seen in Sofia's tourist "Lost" and, even a couple of deep themes about 1) the effectiveness of "compartmentalizing" professional and personal lives, and 2) the sometimes inconsistent passions of sex and procreation - played by porn actors who really are nice kids, too. It's certainly better than the "Friends" TV sitcom. I was charmed even by the self-referential low-budget video look and feel of the film, which is just the same mode used in the porn flick subject matter, and I rate it on that aesthetic basis. I also note this is Nakamura's first directorial job, and I'll hope for and expect very good things from him in future.