''Justice'' ( 2002) is a

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Yukisada Isao. It stars Tsumabuki Satoshi as Tojo, Christian Storms as Mr. Robert,

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as Hoshi, and Arai Hirofumi as Itadaki. The movie was released by Sega/Amuse as part of the ''

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'' collection.

Plot summary

''Justice'' is set in a Japanese high school, where Mr. Robert's class is doing a running translation of the

Potsdam Declaration The Potsdam Declaration, or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, was a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. On July 26, 1945, United States President Harry S. Truman, Uni ...

. The action in the classroom is centered on: *Mr. Robert's lifeless, monotonous recitation of the document. *Itadaki's hurried efforts to write it all down in grammatically correct Japanese prose. *An unnamed student's creation of pornographic

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animation in the corner of one of his textbooks. *The initially drowsy Tojo. Tojo, who is not paying attention, wakes up when he realizes a girls' gym class is running the hurdles outside. He clears the books and blank notes off his desk and begins to watch. Using the five-stroke Chinese character "正", Tojo keeps a running tally of when the girls readjust their ''buruma'' (literally "

bloomers Bloomers, also called the bloomer, the Turkish dress, the American dress, or simply reform dress, are divided women's garments for the lower body. They were developed in the 19th century as a healthful and comfortable alternative to the heavy, ...

", roughly the same as the spankies

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and female

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players wear). Each readjustment is recorded with a color (red, blue, or green) and emphasized for the audience by the sound of snapping spandex. The stunning Hoshi notices Tojo staring at her and she self-consciously puts her all into her time. When she trips over a hurdle and hits the asphalt, Tojo can't hide his alarm. Immediately, Mr. Robert turns on him and lectures about focusing on Potsdam rather than ''buruma''. He uses racist language — "What do you Japs mean by this character?" — when he asks Tojo about the "正正正" written on the desk; Tojo's reply is "justice" ("justice" being 正義 in Japanese). After Mr. Robert looks out the window, who is astonished by the girls' beauty at the first sight, he throws Tojo out of class and tells him in English and Japanese to "get out in the hall". The girls' gym class comes back into the building and Hoshi flirtatiously confronts Tojo, who sprouts a nosebleed when he sees her adjust her bloomers. He denies all wrongdoing but grins at the camera and displays a "V" for "victory" once Hoshi's back is turned.

References

External links

''Justice''’s JMDb Listing (in Japanese)Christian Storms Official homepage (in English/Japanese)Christian Storms Internet Movie Database
2002 films Films directed by Isao Yukisada 2002 short films Japanese short films 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub