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"This is my love story."

2001 2h 2m JA

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7.4

SOLID

★7.4TMDB · 90

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.

“This is my love story.”

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Cast

Yosuke Kubozuka
Sugihara / Lee Jong-ho
Ko Shibasaki
Tsubaki Sakurai
Shinobu Otake
Michiko
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sugihara's Father
Taro Yamamoto
Tawake
Hirofumi Arai
Won-soo
Mitsu Murata
Kato
Takahito Hosoyamada
Jong-il

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Isao Yukisada
Writers: Kankuro Kudo
Languages: Spanish, Korean, Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Spanish, Korean, Japanese.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Isao Yukisada, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Yosuke Kubozuka and Ko Shibasaki and Shinobu Otake carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This is my love story.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0299937 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Isao Yukisada directs. Katsumi Yanagijima behind the camera. Yôko Kumagai scores. Tsuyoshi Imai cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Spanish, Korean, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Spanish, Korean, Japanese.
3Directed by Isao Yukisada, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Yôko Kumagai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Tsuyoshi Imai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Yosuke Kubozuka and Ko Shibasaki and Shinobu Otake carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "This is my love story.".
8IMDB entry: tt0299937 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 90 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.