12 Sep 2006

Gigolo Wannabe

Original Title: Uotazu

Director: Ryo Nishimura

Language: Japanese with English subtitles

Starring: Shun Oguri, Toshinobu Matsuo, Takamasa Suga, Yusuke Kirishima, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Ryoji Morimoto, Shingo Katsurayama, Hitomi Manaka, Riko Narumi, Yoshio Harada

Release: 2006-09-12

Male hosts are extremely popular in Japanese clubs catering exclusively to career women and tai tais. They usually make money by entertaining the women and plying them with drinks.

In Gigolo Wannabe, seven men find work as male hosts in a desolate club only to have the club's manager run away with their money. Undaunted, the seven continue to work as male hosts, turning around the fortunes of the club.

To be honest, this movie is absolutely terrible, with an illogical plot and painfully cliched lines. But if you are a homosexual man with a fetish for skinny Japanese guys, you might just enjoy looking at the actors. They all look incredibly thin and underage, resembling the actors often found in Japanese porn.