Boys Love (2007)

BOYS LOVE begins as conservative young magazine editor Akira Mamiya (Kotani Yoshikazu) sets out to profile teen model Kisaragi Noeru (Saito Takumi). Mamiya becomes taken with the young man while viewing his paintings. The two continue their interview over dinner and dinner leads to an encounter in a restroom stall. A relationship develops between the usually straight-laced Mamiya and irresponsible pretty-boy Noeru. But it's a relationship fraught with peril. Jealous schoolmates too much booze random men and the demands of career conspire to test whether a BOYS LOVE can survive. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/GAY & LESBIAN UPC: 667443583141 Manufacturer No: WOL4543D Product Description

Boys Love

Wonderfull film. excellent job by (non-gay) lead actors .as usual, the ending is tragic, but beautifully worked.
i hope the soundtrack is available someday, i watched it twice together, just to hear the music September 9, 2008

good yet bad

when i came across this movie, i could not wait to see it.
i patiently waited two months and finally bought it.
boy was i upset!!
the movie starts nice and simple, soon you get into it and begin to cope with the characters, then, at the end you are left with a bitter sweet feeling.
i would watch this movie only if i were in a depressing mood! May 22, 2008

Simple, Beautiful Film

On the surface of things, Boys Love might be seem like a simple (perhaps even clichéd) romance that traipses along the lines of vague vulgarity, but by the end you cannot help but feel a certain attachment to its protagonists.

In using the term 'simple', I refer to the general plot of the film, but there are concepts and sequences within the story that cut just a bit deeper than your average misty-eyed effeminate male love story. In such a manner, there are numerous quotes from literature and notable speakers threaded silently throughout, usually as conclusions to pivotal scenes, which encompass many of the emotional boundaries in which the characters of Boys Love entwine - from innocence to promiscuity, tenderness to maddening jealousy. Some of the quotes seem obvious, but many will stir about your sense of reasoning and curiosity.

For the most part, Boys Love is indeed rather predictable. However, the compelling and genuine performances of leads Saito Takumi and Kotani Yoshikazu result in a nevertheless touching and irresistibly engrossing experience - all culminating into an unexpectedly dark and lingering final chapter.

Boys Love isn't a movie to be examined and picked apart, but instead, a movie to be felt, absorbed. There's a lot of heart here, you just have to be willing to look for it. May 9, 2008

Awful

This movie was stunningly bad. I watched it because someone I know told me it was great and depressing, but it was neither. By the time the dramatic conclusion came, I couldn't take ANY of it seriously. From the gawky, unattractive cast (Chidori especially, what a creepy looking little dweeb) to the ham-fisted acting and horrible soundtrack, there was NOTHING to like about this movie. I wonder if the other version was better. April 24, 2008

Great eye candy, but not much else

Quite popular in its home country of Japan, "Boys Love" (2006) has just recently been released in a subtitled DVD in the US.

The film tells the story of Mamiya, a 20-something journalist, who is assigned to do a profile on popular teen model (and amateur artist) Kisaragi Noeru. Mature for his years, Noeru takes control of their meeting, and later of Mamiya himself, as he introduces the young journalist to his first experience with man-to-man sex. Visiting Noeru a few days later, Mamiya learns that Noeru is more than a bit of a slut, and seems incapable of settling down with one person or keeping his word to anyone, including his best friend Chidori, who has an unrequitted crush on Noeru. After Noelru picks the wrong person to go home with, and is the victim of a gaybashing, Mamiya learns from him why he is leery of forming a close relationship with other. amd pledges to be there for him, which turns Chidori into a jealous rage.

It's actually a simplistic story, stretched out to fill almost an hour and a half. Though the film is chock full of great eye candy, the acting is a bit "over the top" and tedious at times. I could also have done without the "proverbs" used by the director to transition from one scene to another, which I found to be anmoying after a while. The ending seemed contrived and hardly logical, as well as unnecessarily depressing. I would rate it four out of five stars for the eye candy, but only two for everything else, so let's call it an average of three stars out of five. April 18, 2008

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