Sugar and Spice (2006 film)

Sugar and Spice (シュガー＆スパイス 風味絶佳, Shugā & supaisu: Fūmi zekka) is a 2006 Japanese movie directed by Isamu Nakae and starring Yūya Yagira and Erika Sawajiri.[1]

Sugar & spice: Fūmi zekka
Directed byIsamu Nakae
Produced byToru Ota
Written byEimi Yamada (novel "Fūmi zekka")
Fumie Mizuhashi (screenplay)
StarringYūya Yagira
Erika Sawajiri
Mari Natsuki
Yo Oizumi
Bolin Chen
Music byLyla performed by Oasis
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • September 16, 2006 (2006-09-16)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro (Yūya Yagira) decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of his decision, he has the support of his flower child grandmother (Natsuki Mari) who declares that a gas station is a romantic place for life's drifters. Surely enough, soon a new co-worker, college student Noriko (Erika Sawajiri), drifts into Shiro's life. He falls headfirst into a bittersweet first love that ushers him into the world of adulthood.

Cast

Production

Released theatrically on 16 September 2006 under the sub-title What little girls are made of.

Sugar and Spice was also released as a DVD in March 2007 with English subtitles.[2]

Reception

Critic Kevin Ma calls the film a "bittersweet romance that's more bitter than sweet" but surprisingly involving for a two-hour film, concluding that it is "an appealing film with photogenic stars, but a story that's hard to relate to.[3]

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References
  1. "シュガー＆スパイス　風味絶佳" (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. "Sugar & Spice Fumi Zekka (English Subtitles)". CD Japan. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. Ma, Kevin. "Sugar and Spice ~ Fumi Zekka". Love HK Film. Retrieved 11 May 2015.


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