Evergreen Love

2016 1h 52m JA

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 40

Romance

Synopsis

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Sayaka works at a office. She's not very good at her job or with love. One night, she finds a man, Itsuki, collapsed in front of her home. She takes him inside and they begin to live together. Itsuki teaches Sayaka about cooking wild herbs and collecting wild herbs, but he has a secret.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Takanori Iwata
Itsuki
Mitsuki Takahata
Sayaka
Hana Imai
Yurie Nogami
Erika Yazawa
Chiaki Tamai
Kazuyuki Aijima
police officer
Toshiya Sakai
shop customer
Takayuki Kinoshita
preview customer
Dankan
Makoto Yamazaki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Koichiro Miki
Writers: Chiho Watanabe
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Koichiro Miki, shot by Yoko Itakura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Takeshi Haketa. 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 Naoya Bando shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Takanori Iwata and Mitsuki Takahata and Hana Imai carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4842648 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Koichiro Miki directs. Yoko Itakura behind the camera. Takeshi Haketa scores. Naoya Bando cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 10 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Koichiro Miki, shot by Yoko Itakura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Takeshi Haketa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Naoya Bando shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Takanori Iwata and Mitsuki Takahata and Hana Imai carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt4842648 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.