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Amos Lassen wrote on 03/28/2011:

Coming on the Ides of March from Picture This is the Manga inspired melodrama, “Boys Love”. The plot is simple—a young magazine editor falls quickly for a sexually experienced teenaged model. The film takes its name from an umbrella term used in Japan for the publishing genre of gay romance stories.
The beauty of the actors in the movie is what makes it so special. Here is eye candy that will have you thinking for a long time. Taishin (Kotani Yoshikazu) is the magazine editor who interviews Noel (Saito Takumi), a high student who has such good looks that he has become a male model. He has lived somewhat of an adult life sexually and usually gets what he wants. He decides that he wants Taishin and makes a pass at him in a restaurant bathroom. This is the start of an affair which is marked by seductive manipulations and interference from Noel’s jealous high school boyfriend. Within the passion of Taishin and Noel there are twists and turns that will keep you thinking. As the editor becomes more and more taken by the model, a relationship develops but it is fraught with trouble and it looks as if it will not survive. It is not just hard to maintain a relationship but when jealousy and random men, booze and the demands of a career are added the stakes become very high indeed.
The characters are sharply drawn and the actors portray them beautifully. Just to see the beauty in the film makes this one worthwhile but it is also a good movie.