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Soap Girl (2002) -- A young Asian girl applies for a job at a massage parlor and is dragged into the seedy world of Hollywood's red light district, where she falls in love with a virgin poet.
Soap Girl (2002) -- Soap Girl, Director Young Man Kang has been all over the indie/low-budget map. Girl may grant him larger success, or at least a touch of controversy. Seems some people are all up in arms with his portrayal of Asian women as comely lovecats. -imdb.com
Soap Girl (2002) -- A Young Man Kang Film, A young Asian girl applies for a job at a massage parlor and is dragged into the seedy world of Hollywood's red light district, where she falls in love with a virgin poet. Audience Award - 2002 Big Bear International Film Fest
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Tony T.L. Young (writer)
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A young Asian girl applies for a job at a massage parlor and is dragged into the seedy world of Hollywood's red light district, where she falls in love with a virgin poet. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Luciano Saber ... Harry Gomes

Kerry Liu ... Maya
Tomiko Lee ... Mamasan

Gina Hiraizumi ... Asia

Kate Holliday ... Sammy

Hiromi Nishiyama ... Jenna
Mari Tanaka ... Yuko
Dennis James Lee ... Teddy Song

Ginni Ramos ... Kalani
Tim Colceri ... Married Man
David Mersault ... Eric
Rosco Karzas ... Fat Man

Jesse Pate ... Effeminate Male

Lea Downey ... Karin

Justin Born ... Mr. Jones
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5 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
why was the film made?, 8 December 2002
1/10
Author: tosafoda from Hollywood

i recently went to a free screening of soap girl where the filmmakers were present. before the movie they strutted around, laughing, taking pictures. i was excited to see them dressed up in real life, and couldn't wait to see the movie on the big screen.

during the movie, the audience errupted with laughter. it was clear to me then that they weren't laughing with the picture, but at the picture. this is purely a grade B movie with no logic behind it. throw in some nudity, some blood and whala! you have a movie!

after the movie i approached a bunch of the filmmakers and asked them why they wanted to make this movie. they all acted so serious, like they were serious filmmakers. they each told me something different: to make a controversial movie, a funny movie, an uplifting movie, a socially responsible movie. everybody mentioned something different. it was clear to me that none of the filmmakers knew what kind of movie they were making, and they were now trying to recoup their money by publicizing this movie any way they could to get people to see it.

Let me warn you: don't buy into the hype! unless you seriously have nothing else to do, it might be worth a film student's time to study how a film should not be made. otherwise you are better off saving two hours of your life.

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