{"id":3028,"date":"2013-06-08T09:42:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T08:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2013-06-09T08:27:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-09T07:27:18","slug":"for-loves-sake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2013\/06\/08\/for-loves-sake\/","title":{"rendered":"For Love&#8217;s Sake"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3029\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/For-Loves-Sake.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3028]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/For-Loves-Sake.jpg?resize=474%2C314\" alt=\"For Loves Sake\" width=\"474\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/For-Loves-Sake.jpg?resize=594%2C394&amp;ssl=1 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/For-Loves-Sake.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/For-Loves-Sake.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For Love's Sake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<B>Format:<\/B> DVD + Blu-ray<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Release date:<\/B> 10 June 2013<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Distributor:<\/B> Third Window Films<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Director:<\/B> Takashi Miike <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Writers:<\/B> Ikki Kajiwara (original Manga), Takayuki Takuma <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Cast:<\/B> Satoshi Tsumabuki, Emi Takei <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\nJapan 2012<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n134 mins\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Takashi Miike returns with the adaptation of a manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Takumi Nagayasu \u2013 filmed many times before \u2013 about a rich young girl\u2019s impossible love for a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. The original title <I>Ai to makoto<\/I> means \u2018Love and Sincerity\u2019, which is also the name of the two main characters. Ai (Emi Takei) is a sweet young girl from a well-to-do family, who was rescued by Makoto (Satoshi Tsumabuki) while skiing as a child. When Makoto returns to Tokyo for revenge and immediately gets into a fight, Ai does all she can to save him from his delinquent life. An insanely colourful, at times kitsch teen melodrama, <I>For Love\u2019s Sake<\/I>  mixes the badass attitude and energy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2012\/04\/10\/crows-zero\/\"><I>Crows Zero<\/I><\/a> with the demented chirpiness of <I>The Happiness of the Katakuris<\/I>. It may not be Miike at his most ground-breaking or daring, but the film is wildly entertaining. The director once more demonstrates his boundless inventiveness and impressive visual sense with a variety of animated sequences and (cheesy) musical numbers, as well as great decors, gorgeous colours and brilliantly choreographed fights, all pulsating with his customary high-voltage energy. <\/p>\n<p><I><B>Virginie S\u00e9lavy<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n<p><B>Watch the trailer:<\/B><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/93QSZIpnWeE?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may not be Miike at his most ground-breaking or daring, but this manga adaptation is wildly entertaining.<br \/>\n<I><B>Review by Virginie S&#038;#233lavy<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[42,357,17],"class_list":["post-3028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-dvds-and-blu-rays","tag-japanese-cinema","tag-manga-adaptations","tag-takashi-miike"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-MQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2260,"url":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2012\/04\/10\/crows-zero\/","url_meta":{"origin":3028,"position":0},"title":"Crows Zero","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"April 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Takashi Miike's 2007 high school actioner is typically ultra-stylised and violent. 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