The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (2003) Hatsujô kateikyôshi: sensei no aijiru (original title)

Director:

Mitsuru Meike

Writer:

Takao Nakano (writer)

Release Date:

14 October 2003 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai is a Pink Film (a Japanese softcore pornography genre). Sachiko Hanai (Emi Kuroda) is a call girl...

Plot Keywords:

Call Girl | Softcore | Shot In The Forehead | Bullet | Finger

Cast

Kyoko Hayami	...	Kayoko Saeki
Kikujirô Honda	...	Drunken Cop
Yukijirô Hotaru	...	Toshio Saeki
Yuichi Ishikawa	...	Surfer
Takeshi Itô	...	Kim
Yôta Kawase	...	Young Man (Imekura Customer)
Yoshimi Kinuta	...	Death Squad Member
Takashi Kobayashi	...	Cafe Manager
Shinji Kubo	...	President George W. Bush
Emi Kuroda	...	Sachiko
Masataka Matsubara	...	Manager
Tetsuaki Matsue	...	Mamoru Saeki
Kanae Mizuhara	...	Secretary
Yuji Motoi	...	Man in Black - A
Masayoshi Nogami	...	Secondhand Bookseller
Mutsuo Yoshioka	...	Man in Black - B

Directed by
Mitsuru Meike

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Takao Nakano		writer

Produced by
Haruki Iwata	....	co-producer
Nakato Kinukawa	....	producer
Kyoichi Masuko	....	producer
Kazuto Morita	....	producer

Original Music by
Taro Kataoka
Tarô Kishioka

Cinematography by
Hiroshi Ito

Film Editing by
Naoki Kaneko

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Takuya Nagai	....	first assistant director

Visual Effects by
Yasuhiko Shimizu	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Sachi Kagami	....	assistant camera
Shigeru Matsushita	....	assistant camera
Miki Nakajima	....	assistant camera
Yûji Tajiri	....	still photographer
Koichi Yanagisawa	....	assistant camera

Other crew
Rosemary Dean	....	co-subtitler
Bill Yokoyama	....	firearms

Production Companies

• Kokuei Company
• Shintoho Company
• V Theater 135

Distributors

• Kokuei Company (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Palm Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Shintoho Company (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Inter Film (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Palm Pictures (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• UPLINK Company (2006) (Japan) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Argo Pictures  publicity

Also Known As:

"Hatsujô kateikyôshi: sensei no aijiru" - Japan (original title)
"Horny Home Tutor: Teacher's Love Juice" - International (English title) (literal English title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Kokuei Company

Ignore Other Review

First off, I think the other reviewer was himself too wrapped up in the sex scenes and completely missed the charm of this film. Yes, this is a sex movie and yes the sex scenes do go on for quiet a while and yes the lead actress Emi Kuroda is nude quite a bit. For some, all that can either be a deterrent but you should neither dismiss nor approve of this film.

I can say this. The film is offbeat and has a distinct charm and sense of humor to it. In this world where Transformers is the number 1 movie in America (God help us all), The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai is a much needed change of pace.

Again, I will stress. Do not dismiss this film because of the sex and nudity in it. Watch it through and you will like it. Also, ignore the box calling it "a mixture of Godard and the South Park crew." Godard could never make a movie like this