Renai Shousetsu

2004 1h 45m JA

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9.5

MASTERPIECE

★9.5TMDB · 2

Synopsis

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A love story starring Tamaki Hiroshi, Konishi Manami, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Hirayama Aya and Kamiki Ryunosuke. Hiroyuki, a fourth-year law student who has just broken up with his girlfriend Miwa, is approached by Satoshi, a student at the same university, on his way home from school and asked to do something strange. He wants to make a will for himself. Satoshi, who calls himself the "God of Death," begins to tell him about his mysterious past. He wants to get close to people but cannot. He says that everyone he was close to would die. So he has lived his life without befriending or loving anyone since he was a child. But when Satoshi meets a woman named Mizuki, he unexpectedly falls in love with her. And that was the beginning of a very sad love story...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hiroshi Tamaki
Satoshi Kubo
Manami Konishi
Mizuki Sawai
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Hiroyuki Takei
Aya Hirayama
Miwa Ogaki
Kaoru Okunuki
Chinatsu Onuki
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Young Satoshi Kubo
Arisa Mizuki
Emiko Suo
Sansei Shiomi
Yuya Kubo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Junichi Mori
Writers: Kazuki Kaneshiro, Kenji Bando
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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1 / 5

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Hiroshi Tamaki and Manami Konishi and Hiroyuki Ikeuchi carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0475140 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Junichi Mori directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Released 22 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Hiroshi Tamaki and Manami Konishi and Hiroyuki Ikeuchi carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0475140 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.