AV Idol
Hideo Jojo
It is counter-programming time as behemoth Marvel’s Iron Man 3 opens in cinemas this week. And this sex comedy is as different as it gets in terms of content.
Japanese adult video star Ryoko (played by real- life AV idol Yui Tatsumi) reluctantly heads to Korea to shoot a new flick. After a series of mishaps, she bumps into the innocent Yuna (Yeo Min Jeong), who has dreamed of being a (legit) idol star all her life.
There are some funny bits in here, such as when the filming crew has to pass through Korean customs with their sex aids and later on, when the hack of a director blatantly rips off hit Korean TV drama Winter Sonata (2002) for the plot of his cross-cultural porn flick.
As a silly sex comedy though, its tone is uneven and it never hits the heights of, say, Pang Ho Cheung’s AV (2005), which managed to be both salty and sweet.
Ultimately, the movie does not stray far from its AV roots and both sweet girl-next-door Yuna and sexy goddess Ryoko disrobe for sex scenes.
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