An Adolescent

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An Adolescent

Released Aug 26, 2005

2h 12m

Romance

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A middle-aged policeman (Eiji Okuda) has an affair with the 15-year-old daughter (Maju Ozawa) of a former lover.

Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Decidedly uneven yet intriguing.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 10, 2005

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

A dirty old man's delight.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 30, 2005

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Dana Stevens

New York Times

Shoujyo: An Adolescent seems to be several movies at once: a hard-boiled detective story, a Lolita-style intergenerational romance and a family psychodrama complete with pat Freudian flashbacks.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 30, 2005

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

To confuse this with a touching May-December romance like Lost in Translation could bring a very early end to date night.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 21, 2006

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Mark Olsen

L.A. Weekly

The film is perhaps best thought of as part cultural curiosity, part obscurantist's delight.

Nov 10, 2005

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide

You could be forgiven for missing the thematic underpinnings amidst the long, fetishized sex scenes.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 30, 2005

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amor prohibido? pq? tan tiernos que vuelan juntos

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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One of those films that sits with you for a long time afterwards. Deals with such taboo material (at least by North American standards), an adult cop falling in love and having a sexual relationship with a 15 year old girl. But instead of demonizing the characters--something you'd expect in the hands of American film-makers--the story is sympathetic, erotic, but not without consequences to the characters. Intelligent writing with strong indictments of contemporary society's superficial morality.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Pretty much a Japanese take on the story, Lolita, with a few extra twists. It did a fine job in telling the story it wanted to. Nothing spectacular tho.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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This movie was too deep to put into words...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Jimi Hendrix kicks ass!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Eiji Okuda

Director

Eiji Okuda

Tomokawa

Maju Ozawa

Yoko

Shoji Akira

Actor

Mari Natsuki

Yukie

Hideo Murota

Shozo

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Synopsis

A middle-aged policeman (Eiji Okuda) has an affair with the 15-year-old daughter (Maju Ozawa) of a former lover.

Director: Eiji Okuda
Producer: Eiji Okuda, Ben Yamamoto
Screenwriter: Katsuhiko Manabe, Izuru Narushima
Distributor: Indican Pictures
Production Co: Zero Pictures
Genre: Romance
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 4, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $65.0K
Runtime: 2h 12m
Sound Mix: Ultra-Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)