Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

A decent but completely forgettable class drama. I've had to watch this one three times as I kept forgetting all the different plot elements and details.

Here are a couple of Hiroshi Shimizu earlier works with a more urban and modern story. A 2-part project called Nanatsu no umi [Seven Seas] (1931/1932). Had fairly high hopes going in.... but this was disappointing. Basically Japanese version of studio programmers. Very little hint of what makes Shimizu's movies so great. Apart from tiny gestures of desire, this was all a very routine from every aspect from camera use to the basic acting. Cheap Asian style soap opera plot and production values.