Call Boy

Call Boy

2018 · 119 min · JA · NR · 6.5 (56 votes)
Dir. Daisuke Miura · Starring Tori Matsuzaka, Sei Matobu, Ami Tomite, Yuki Sakurai, Kenta Izuka, Yu Koyanagi · Music Yoshihiro Hanno
Drama

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the owner of the host bar. Soon, Ryo Morinaka begins to work for Shizuka Mido at the members only host bar. He feels embarrassment initially, but he fulfills the desires of women and develops a sense of purpose.

VIBE

This film feels like a quiet, introspective dive into the search for connection and self-worth. It's a sensual, vulnerable exploration of desire and the human need to feel seen, set against a backdrop of quiet desperation.

melancholicintrospectivesensualvulnerableslow-burnarthouse dramacharacter studyintimatepsychologicalidentitysexualitylonelinesspurpose
based on novel or bookunrequited lovemale prostitutionprostitutionolder woman younger man relationshipbdsmsex industryoedipus complexself-harm
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