is a 2006 Japanese romance film directed by Isamu Nakae and starring Yūya Yagira and Erika Sawajiri. The film features the song "Lyla" performed by Oasis.
Plot Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro (Yūya Yagira) decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of his decision, he has the support of his flower child grandmother (Natsuki Mari) who declares that a gas station is a romantic place for life's drifters. Surely enough, soon a new co-worker, college student Noriko (Erika Sawajiri), drifts into Shiro's life. He falls headfirst into a bittersweet first love that ushers him into the world of adulthood.
Cast Yūya Yagira - Shiro Yamashita Erika Sawajiri - Noriko Watanabe Mari Natsuki - Grandma Chen Bolin - Mike Yo Oizumi - Gas Station Guy Ryō Kimura as Makkī Gaku Hamada as Naoki Mayuko Iwasa as Yoko Yū Aoi (cameo)
Release Sugar and Spice was released theatrically in Japan on 16 September 2006 under the sub-title What little girls are made of. It was later released on DVD in March 2007 with English subtitles.
Reception Critic Kevin Ma calls the film a "bittersweet romance that's more bitter than sweet" but surprisingly involving for a two-hour film, concluding that it is "an appealing film with photogenic stars, but a story that's hard to relate to."
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