Long time readers of the blog will remember that I attended last years BFI London Film Festival and saw For Love’s Sake. My review was positively overflowing with love, praise and fervour for the film and it landed at number 2 in my Top 10 Films of 2012. I can still remember whole swathes of the film and how I felt during the screening. When I found out that Third Window Films was releasing it I was rather pleased and I highly, highly (very, very highly) recommend it. Enough from me, here’s the details:
FOR LOVE’S SAKE
Director: Takashi Miike (13 Assassins, One Missed Call, Audition, Ninja Kids!!!)
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki (Villain, Tokyo Family, Tokyo!, Dororo)
Emi Takei (Rurouni Kenshin)
Sakura Ando (Love Exposure, Our Homeland, Penance)
Japan / 2012 / 134 Mins / In Japanese with English subtitles / Colour
Out on Double-disc DVD & Blu-ray
June 10th, 2013
DVD and Blu-ray Special Features
Anamorphic Widescreen transfer with 5.1 Surround Sound
Making Of, Skip to a Song Selection, Theatrical Trailer
Takashi Miike, the director of ’13 Assassins’, ‘Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai’ and ‘Audition’ brings us as Bollywood-style musical action/comedy/love story!
Not exactly a director that plays along with genre rules, the prolific Takashi Miike now takes his talent in genre bending to the pure romance world with For Love’s Sake (a.k.a. Ai to Makoto), based on Kajiwara Ikki’s 1973 manga series. An epic story of a rich high school girl who falls in love with a tough young gangster, Miike’s take on the story breaks all the rules with musical numbers (with music by popular music producer Kobayashi Takeshi), tongue-in-cheek humour, and in-your-face violence. Starring Satoshi Tsumabuki (Villain) and Emi Takei (Rurouni Kenshin) as the star-crossed lovers, For Love’s Sake is a unique and incredibly wild ride that will change your definition of what a pure romance can be.
Genkinahito 
I love the sound of this and will definitely make a note – I’m such an idiot though – I had all my book recommendations and film recommendations kept on a draft email (that I just kept adding to – and yes, I know it’s not the best way to keep this) and I’ve deleted it by accident!!! Trauma. I’ll have to start a fresh list with this at the very top (well, it’ll be the only thing on there at the moment but I’m sure it will soon gain company).
Lynn 😀
Ouch, I hate it when something like that happens. At the beginning of last year my laptop died with all sorts of review notes for films like Summer Wars. Thankfully I had backed up most of my things.
If you need any film recommendations, don’t hesitate to ask. I’m very opinionated 🙂 That written, you have good taste in films!
oh…finally I can see it once the DVD is out 🙂
I hope you enjoy it! I thought it was brilliant!