SYNOPSICS
The Depths (2010) is a Japanese,Korean,English movie. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi has directed this movie. Min-Joon Kim,Hôshi Ishida,Soji Arai,Min-jong Kim are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2010. The Depths (2010) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
Be-hwan is a famous Korean fashion photographer visiting Japan at the request of his friend Gil-su to take pictures of his wedding. On the day of Gil-su's wedding, however, the bride disappears, and Bae-hwan ends up filling in for her at Gil-su's studio. Ryu is a male escort who is neither male not female in his physiappearance and he visits Gil-su's studio to take new image shots for upload to a website featuring male prostitutes. While working with Bae-hwan, Ryu realizes his beauty for the first time. Bae-hwan attempts to take Ryu with him to Korea to help with with his modeling career, but in the end, they both realize that existing in each other's worlds is something they are simply, sadly, unable to do.
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The Depths (2010) Reviews
A intermezzo in the life of a photographer, a Japanese male escort
I recently saw this movie without really knowing what to expect. This usually is a good starting point since one is not biased by some pre-formed opinions. The movie cannot decide which genre in belongs too: mafia action, drama, or (unintended) psychography. It tells the story of a successful photographer, who by a twist of fate shortly encounters the world of male escorts and Japanese mafia (no kinky stuff). The story itself is pretty good although many points remain obscure (this is quite common in Asian filmography but can be somewhat annoying to the Hollywood-accustomed westerner). The acting is passable (not great) and the character evolution and description not too bad (but not exceedingly good either). You can either love, hate or pity the protagonists, but it is somewhat difficult to identify with their actions. Many plot points are strange (to say the least), and float between hidden desires, societal expectations and impulsive actions. This per se is not a disadvantage, were it not for the fact that they remain unresolved. The saint remains untouched, the rotten remains rotten, and the abandoned gets abandoned once more within a few days. No surprises there, but then again no moral lessons either. Watch it at your own risk. It is different from what the American or European version would be, offers a more "oriental" point of view, but no additional insight. I did not consider it a loss of time, but no more than just that: a pass-time.