SFIFF: The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai

While waiting in line for The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai the three men in front of us were giggling about the actual English translation of the Japanese movie title. They kept using phrases like "super dirty" and "so bad." The eavesdroppers around them were straining like crazy in hopes they would utter the dirty words, but none of them seemed to be able to remember the shocking title. Of course we had to look it up. The Japanese title translates to something like, "Horny Home Tutor: Teacher's Love Juice," which only confirms to us that boys really have much more delicate sensibilities than you'd think.

The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai is classified as a "pink" movie in Japan meaning soft porn but it really is so much more. We always enjoy a good comedy—a good political comedy is even better, but a funny political porn movie? Do people watching porn really want to laugh out loud and stir up their populist rage all while getting their rocks off? The answer is yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh God yes!

Sachiko Hanai is a sex-worker who specializes in naughty teacher/student scenarios. An encounter in a café one day leaves her with a bullet lodged in her brain that actually makes her super smart. It also leaves her with a mysterious tube containing a replica of George Bush's finger. We won't give away more than that but this movie was a good time. The SFIFF audience was energetic despite the nearly midnight showing time. They laughed, they cheered, they yelped as bodily fluids hit the camera lens. Some of them probably took cold showers when they got home.