Insutôru (2004)

Insutôru: Directed by Kei Kataoka. With Aya Ueto, Shichinosuke Nakamura, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Takashi Ukaji. You know it is the modern times when the boy running wild in a cyber sex chat room is ten years old, the woman he brings along is seventeen-years old, the original woman running it is twenty-five and you never know whether the person on the other side is who he or she purports to be. You can be anyone on the Internet.

“This film attempts to explore the sleazy cyberworld of internet sex chats, and suggests things that we all know of cyberworld – you might not be who you are represented online. Am I talking to a hot young chick? Probably. But chances are that it could turn out to be a balding fat gay man pretending to be a hot young chick.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe pretty Aya Ueto stars as 17 year old Japanese schoolgirl Asako, who one day decides to play truant and ponder on what she wants to do in life. She chances upon 10 year old elementary schoolboy Aoki, who is extremely horny, and introduces her to the world of cybersex, and lucrative business of impersonating an online woman in a chat room.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs expected, cheap laughs result from numerous awkward situations between the two, and from the interactions in the chat room. There is a moment when the filmmakers attempt to highlight the dangers of net predators, but somehow it was quickly brushed over with humour from the next scene. They have also tried to explore other themes like meaning of life, etc, but like films with weak story lines, this only serves to distract and frustrate audiences.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film might seem to appeal to fans of American Pie, but given that the raunchy US flick has lots of skin to show, this one pales in comparison, and falls flat in its choppy delivery. The yawning and complaints from the rest of the audience tells me that their sentiments are the same. Probably the only saving grace of this film are the lingering soft focus shots of Aya Ueto.”