Review of Tokyo Tower

If you are watching this just to see Okada Junichi and Matsumoto Jun, it's sufficient eye candy if you are prepared to ignore the storyline which is rather senseless. Just to name a few, a full nude view of Okada's back, bed scenes involving Okada and Kuroki Hitomi, Matsujun and Terajima Shinobu...

Just to cut the story short, Okada plays Toru who is involved with a married woman, Shifumi who is his mother's friend and they have been sleeping together for the past 3 years since Toru was 18. There's a 20-year age gap between them and Toru seems totally obsessed with Shifumi. He waits at home for her phonecall which is usually around 4pm even though he should have an active social life as a young university student.

On the other hand, we have Matsujun playing Koji who is Toru's ex-classmate and he enjoys playing around with older women especially those who are married. He has a girlfriend, Yuri and yet gets involved with a housewife, Kimiko who is frustrated with her husband who takes her for granted. In addition, he has a ambiguous relationship with Yoshida as he slept with her mother during the senior high school days thus causing her mother to commit suicide and him being walloped by Yoshida's father. When Yoshida appears again during a class gathering, Koji starts to panick as she keeps pestering him and even throws a billard ball at him, causing Koji to pass out.

Basically, we have these two guys getting involved with women whom they should not have laid hands on in the first place. Somehow, it didn't feel like a love story but it seems more like a sex flick being disguised as a love movie. Just see how many bed scenes we have in this movie. I totally lost count of this during this 2-hr long movie. In Koji's case, he doesn't seem to really like Kimiko or Yuri especially since he's together with Kimiko primarily for the sex. In Toru's case, he seems to be in a worse condition as if he cannot live without Shifumi who thinks it's time to stop their unusual relationship. I guess that's the only sign which reminds you that this is supposed to be a love story. However, I just cannot get rid of this thought in my mind that Kuroki used to play Okada's mum in Oyaji and when they appear in bed scenes, a chill runs down my spine. On the other hand, Matsujun's combination with Terajima Shinobu seems fine as she's supposed to be a housewife with lots of built-up pressure from her husband, mother-in-law and daily household chores. Koji's attraction towards Kimiko is more of the sexual aspect so her plain appearance doesn't bother me too much and I didn't really wonder why Koji got involved with her in the first place.

I won't recommend it to anyone looking for a love story. If you are watching it for the visual effects or just want to ogle at Okada or Matsujun in adult roles, this might suit you.