Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement

2003 1h 50m JA

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3.8

SKIP

★3.8TMDB · 5

Drama

Synopsis

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A shy, nerdy man, Takeru finds a schoolgirl hooker Lily is unconscious in a Tokyo park, so he decides to bring her home and lock her up in a secret basement. Although Lily is afraid of him, in fact, Takeru didn't do anything to hurt her. After Lily begins to uncover a shocking episode

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Taro Yamamoto
Takeru
Hisako Shirata
Riri
Naoto Takenaka
Masamura
Haruko Katō
Takako
Yuriko Hirooka
Satoshi Izumi
Kenichi Matsuyama
Takuji Suzuki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toshiyuki Mizutani
Writers: Masayoshi Azuma
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Perfect Education Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Toshiyuki Mizutani, shot by Yōichi Shiga. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Junko Sumi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Taro Yamamoto and Hisako Shirata and Naoto Takenaka carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1031249 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Toshiyuki Mizutani directs. Yōichi Shiga behind the camera. Junko Sumi scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 23 years ago.
2Part of the "Perfect Education Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Toshiyuki Mizutani, shot by Yōichi Shiga. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Junko Sumi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Taro Yamamoto and Hisako Shirata and Naoto Takenaka carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1031249 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.