Tea Friends (2023)
- Original title
- 茶飲友達
- Directed by
- Bunji Sotoyama
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of young people run a business arranging paid sex for elderly clients using newspaper ads. The film looks at loneliness and sexuality in modern Japan through these transactions.
soberingunsettlingcontemplativegrittylonelybleakslow-burnintimate
What happens
『茶飲友達』（ちゃのみともだち）は、2023年2月4日公開の日本映画。監督は外山文治。主演は岡本玲。PG12指定。実際に起きた高齢者の売春事件をモチーフにした、社会派群像劇。 「茶飲友達、募集。」という新聞の三行広告を利用した高齢者の売買春ビジネスと、それを経営する若者たちの物語を通じて、現代社会の性や孤独を描く。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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