Sugar and Spice (2006 film)

Sugar & spice: Fûmi zekka
Directed by Isamu Nakae
Produced by Toru Ota
Written by Eimi Yamada (novel "Fûmi zekka")
Fumie Mizuhashi (screenplay)
Starring Yûya Yagira
Erika Sawajiri
Mari Natsuki
Yo Oizumi
Bolin Chen
Music by Lyla performed by Oasis
Distributed by Toho
Release dates
  • September 16, 2006 (2006-09-16)
Running time
 125 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

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 Yuya Yagira and Erika Sawajiri.[1]

Plot

Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro (Yagira Yuya) 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]

References

  1. ↑ "シュガー＆スパイス　風味絶佳" (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  2. ↑ "Sugar & Spice Fumi Zekka (English Subtitles)". CD Japan. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  3. ↑ Ma, Kevin. "Sugar and Spice ~ Fumi Zekka". Love HK Film. Retrieved 2015-05-11.


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