Frog Song

Frog Song
Poster for Frog Song (2005) under its theatrical title, Paid Companionship Story: Girls Who Want to Do It
Directed by	Shinji Imaoka
Produced by	Mitsuru Fukudawara Kyoichi Masuko Kazuto Morita
Written by	Shinji Imaoka
Starring	Konatsu Rinako Hirasawa
Cinematography	Issaku Maei
Edited by	Shōji Sakai
Production company	Kokuei
Distributed by	Shintōhō Eiga
Release date	June 10, 2005
Running time	65 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Frog Song (かえるのうた, Kaeru no uta^?) originally released as Paid Companionship Story: Girls Who Want to Do It (援助交際物語　したがるオンナたち, Enjo-kōsai monogatari: shitagaru onna-tachi^?) is a 2005 Japanese Pink film directed by Shinji Imaoka. It was chosen as Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony. According to author Jasper Sharp, the title, "Frog Song" is a pun referring both to a full-sized frog costume found outside a train station and worn by one of the characters, and to the Japanese verb kaeru "to go home". The translation of the title of the film could thus also be "Going Home Song".

Akemi is a housewife who discovers her husband has been cheating on her. She makes the acquaintance of a prostitute who hopes to become a manga artist. Another hopeful manga artist, Kyoko, also makes ends meet by working as a part-time prostitute. Akemi moves in with Kyoko and tolerating the practise of her profession while the two come to an understanding of each other's lives.

The Pink film community awarded Frog Song with the title of Best Film at the Pink Grand Prix. Honors given to the film also included the Best Actress award, which was given to lead actress Konatsu, and Best New Actress for Rinako Hirasawa.

Allmovie calls Frog Song a "playfully eccentric slice of pink cinema". In his Behind the Pink Curtain, Anglophone pink film scholar Jasper Sharp writes that it is the upbeat nature of Imaoka's films which have helped make them popular with film audiences. Pointing out the musical scene which concludes the film, he writes, "...Another key to the popularity of Imaoka's films is that they often end on such uplifting high notes."