Japan
2001

I rarely use the word frightening to describe a dramatic film, but this movie did shock me. It wasn't shocking in its depiction of content, but in its verisimilitude. At times I felt I was watching a documentary about the exploits of real people, and the hard-hitting performance by Mayu Ozawa is sure to pull strong emotion out of many viewers.

Besides the emotion I received from viewing, I have to describe the film itself. 'Sh?jo' is a bleak drama about a misguided, lazy cop named, Tomokawa, who rather quickly begins a relationship with, Yoko, a high school girl who initially presents herself as an enjo sai. Tomokawa engages this young girl, despite his previous tryst with her mother

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