Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008 2h 17m movie Film Japan

Sex Is No Laughing Matter

人のセックスを笑うな

Synopsis

人のセックスを笑うな

Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical college professor, having a quirky sense of humor and unpredictable personality. When Yuri invites Murume to her studio, she playfully seduces the still naive 19 year old student. Things become more complicated when Mirume discovers that Yuri is married to a much older man….

The 2007–2009 Japan Window

362 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Sex Is No Laughing Matter sits at position #243.

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The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sex Is No Laughing Matter premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
24
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,335 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (27th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #1,081 of 1,411 (top 77%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Tokyo Theatres Company
Runtime 2h 17m
Release Date January 19, 2008
IMDb tt0945550

Themes & Motifs

  • infidelity
  • based on novel or book
  • artist
  • university
  • teacher student relationship
  • older woman younger man relationship
  • woman director
  • college student

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