The Glamourous Life...

Thursday night, I met up with KG in Little Tokyo to hit up the famous japanese eatery Shabu Shabu House. Always crowded, with waits up to 2 hours, you really have to be in the mood to eat in this small homey restaurant.

Why is it famous? Well, the food quality is great, although not necessarily better then other places, so what brings people coming back is the relatively inexpensive price for normally not so cheap Shabu Shabu. Oh, maybe the fact that people have given the owner a "soup nazi" reverence sure cant hurt its attraction.

As to be expected, it hit the spot.

To keep up with the Japanese theme, we ventured out last night to the Nuart for their midnight showing of The Glamourous Life of Sachiko Hanai.

Part of the "Pink Film" genre (independent soft-core porn films made in Japan for the big screen), I was kinda shocked to see the Nuart hosting the U.S. premiere. I mean, this is the Nuart, famous for hosting famous independent films before anyone else, famous for having the Film Geek from Comedy Central's "Beat The Geeks" game show as a trusted Nuart employee for God knows how long, and famous for their weekly Saturday midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show... okay, so maybe it is not that shocking.
And that's the thing about these Nuart-midnight-showing patrons, they are half Star Wars nerd, half child molestor. Sulking in the shadows with their Larry Bird mustache and trenchcoat... God I love those weirdos.

Yes, that is a guy wearing a George Bush mask. He plays a pivotal role in the movie. Okay, so lets see if I can summarize this insane movie quickly. A callgirl gets shot in the head but lives. The bullet and wound, permanently there now, has made this callgirl, Sachiko Hanai, a super genius. And when I say super genius, I am talking Stephen Hawking... just a tad bit sexier. In her many sex scenes after the ill-fated shooting, she often theorizes about philosophy, metaphysics and existentialism while getting raped or molested.

Along the way, she comes upon the cloned finger of George W. Bush, whose fingerprint can release the world's supply of ICBM missles, thereby destroying the world as we know it.

Sachiko, above, manages, through sex and intellectualism, to get behind the mystery of it all. Does she save the day? Guess you'll just have to watch it...
As far as movies go from crazy Japan, this had all the earmarks of their seemingly usually bizarre fare - rape, torture, unusual sexual afflictions. Although the opening scene, which boasted the most semenal fluid in a jizz-spraying scene I have ever come across WAS pretty amazing, I would have to say the scene that best captured this unusual sexual mindset came when the severed cloned finger of Bush rapes Sachiko while the real Bush looks on via Television. "Feel the power of the Bush Technique" I believe he says as he roots on his cloned finger.

Quite entertaining, but definitely a bit too long. I never thought I would say this, but they should have cut back on the sex scenes. Nothing to go out of your way for, but if you do happen upon the movie, it is definitely worth a quick look.

mike