Love Tomato

2006 2h 6m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao meets Liberty (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino woman working in Japan. When they decide to get married, Masao borrows money from his Agricultural Association and travels to the Philippines for the wedding - only to discover that it was all a scam. Stranded in Manila with no money, Masao ends up staying to work. One day he meets a beautiful farmer's daughter, Christina (Alice Dixson), reawakening not only his chances for love, but also his love for farming.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yasuo Daichi
Alice Dixson
Yasuko Tomita
Takehiro Murata
Ruby Moreno
Junkichi Orimoto
Izumi Imamura
Denden

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hideo Nanbu
Writers: Haku Kohiyama, Yasuo Daichi
Languages: English, Japanese, Tagalog
Countries: Japan, Philippines

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Japanese, Tagalog.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Japan, Philippines.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hideo Nanbu, shot by Shigeru Komatsubara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Tetsuo Terada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Naoki Kaneko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Yasuo Daichi and Alice Dixson and Yasuko Tomita carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hideo Nanbu directs. Shigeru Komatsubara behind the camera. Tetsuo Terada scores. Naoki Kaneko cuts. Produced in Japan, Philippines. Dialogue in English, Japanese, Tagalog.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 20 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Japanese, Tagalog.
3International production across 2 countries: Japan, Philippines.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Hideo Nanbu, shot by Shigeru Komatsubara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Tetsuo Terada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Naoki Kaneko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Yasuo Daichi and Alice Dixson and Yasuko Tomita carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt1937209 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.