Ambiguous (film)
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also known as and is a 2003 Japanese
Pink film in its broadest sense includes almost any Japanese theatrical film that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. The Western equiv ...
directed by
Toshiya Ueno (2 October 1963 – 15 April 2013) was a Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the ''pink film'' directors known collectively as the , a group which comprises Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, Yūji Tajiri, Shinji Im ...
. It was chosen as Best Film of the year at the
Pink Grand Prix The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film genre. Referred to by Miho Toda as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film schola ...
ceremony.


Plot

A diverse group of people, all with troubles in their daily lives, meet online and decide to commit suicide together. Isolated from society at large, they form a physical bond as the appointed time approaches.


Critical reception

Anglophone ''pink film'' scholar Jasper Sharp notes that there are two different audiences for contemporary ''pink films'': The traditional ''pink'' theater-goer who is generally interested in seeing sex on the screen, and the devotees of ''pink'' cinema represented by such publications as ''P*G'' magazine and its website. As with many of Kokuei's ''pink films'', ''Ambiguous'' did not prove very marketable for the traditional softcore porn audience, in part because of its downbeat subject matter. However, when looked at as a film which happens to include sex scenes—Kokuei's approach to the ''pink'' genre—Sharp writes ''Obscene Internet Group'' "stands as one of the most genuinely insightful and of-the-moment films produced within the Japanese independent sector in its year." The readers of ''P*G'' magazine showed their approval of the film by awarding it Best Film and giving Hidekazu Takahara the Silver Prize for screenplay.


Availability

Like many ''pink films'', ''Ambiguous'' has gone under more than one title. Originally released in theatres as ''Obscene Internet Group: Make Me Come!!'', the film was shown at the Pink Grand Prix under the title ''Ambiguous'', the title under which it was also released on DVD in Japan and internationally. The film has also been released on DVD in Japan as ''Group Suicide: The Last Supper''. Sacrament released the film as "''Ambiguous''" on English-subtitled Region 2 DVD on 22 February 2006.


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* {{Toshiya Ueno 2003 films Films directed by Toshiya Ueno 2000s Japanese-language films Pink films Shintōhō Eiga films 2000s pornographic films 2000s Japanese films