Step Up Love Story: Love Forever

2012 1h 1m JA

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4.5

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★4.5TMDB · 4

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Yura and Makoto married without ever being intimate. The couple have a happy life together and they move to Makoto's hometown. There, Makoto meets Shiori, who graduated from the same school as Makoto. It turns out, Shiori, who is about to get married, has been thinking of Makoto for the last 10 years. Shiori acts upon her feelings by calling Makoto and then kissing Makoto, which Yura sees ...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Rina Akiyama
Yui
Kirara Asuka
Jun Onoda
Bengal
Mamoru Onoda
Hikaru Okada
Makoto Onoda
Yuri Morishita
Yura Onoda
Aya Kiguchi
Shiori Terawaki
Rika Kawamura
Sanae Onoda
Rei Toda
Rachel

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yokoyama Kazuhiro
Writers: Yokoyama Kazuhiro
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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3 / 7

CINEMA

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Part of the "Step Up Love Story Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Rina Akiyama and Kirara Asuka and Bengal carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2560094 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yokoyama Kazuhiro directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Part of the "Step Up Love Story Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Rina Akiyama and Kirara Asuka and Bengal carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt2560094 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.