“The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai”

March 16, 2007
JONNO

Any smut movie that is described in its press materials as "what 'Fahrenheit 9/11' might look like with semen facials and an a cappella Japanese rendition of our national anthem" is bound to get our attention here at Fleshbot Central (especially that semen facial part), so you can imagine how much we're looking forward to Palm Pictures' North American release of director Mitsuru Meike's "The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai" in theaters and on DVD next month. Already a cult hit in Japan and semi-notorious via a limited festival run last year, the movie asks the immortal question "Can a genius call girl save the world?"—and even if the film trailer and preview clip now showing on YouTube doesn't exactly provide any clear answers (but then, what would you expect from an artsy Japanese pink movie that's also described as "a skinflick directed by Godard and the 'South Park' boys"?), we'd still much rather see actress-turned-Ultimate Fighter Emi Kuroda running around in a tight mini skirt getting penetrated by the disembodied finger of George Bush than we would, say, Michael Moore getting up to his usual set of tricks. Because when it comes right down to it, aren't semen facials the best way of spreading around one's thoughts on global politics anyway?

· "The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai" (press photos and production notes @ palmpictures.com; more after the jump)