new "youth film'?

Alexander Jacoby a_p_jacoby
Thu Apr 24 16:33:18 EDT 2008


I'd say Yukisada's film doesn't count as it's not terribly gentle - the girl dies of leukemia after all, so it simply isn't concerned with small-scale issues in the way the others we've mentioned are. However, Kyo no dekigoto / A Day on the Planet is quite close in its focus on the small quarrels and passions of a group of students. We are, however, concentrating on university age rather than school age students in this case.
   
  ALEX

  

Oliver Dew <olidew at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
  The phrase "gentle youth" reminds me of the Sekai no chushin de franchise (Yukisada Isao directed the 2004 film). The film's wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_in_Love) places it within the "pure love boom", and again flags the influence of the Korean wave, this time TV shows like Winter Sonata.   

  From what I remember, Sekai no chushin's nostalgic flashback structure (not to mention weepy, chaste storyline) make it very different in tone to the films you list. Although it eulogises youth, it perhaps isn't particularly aimed at a youth audience (if that's a requirement of a youth genre), so I hope I'm not just muddying the waters!
  

  Oliver Dew
    




       
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