The Lover of My Ex

2016 1h 26m JA

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Romance about a woman who wavers between a younger man and her former husband, who wants to rekindle their relationship. Miyaguchi Naomi, a 39-year-old divorcee running a shop that sells rice balls, has been interested in Sota, a handsome young man who visits the shop on a daily basis to buy rice balls. He comes onto her, but one day Naomi happens to meet her former husband Masato. Sota sees her meeting with Masato…

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Junko Maru
Miyaguchi Naomi
Hidemasa Shiozawa
Sota
Junichi Haruta
Masato
Ayaka Tomoda

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Satoshi Kaneda
Writers: Yoshiyuki Morita
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Love Stories 2 Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Junko Maru and Hidemasa Shiozawa and Junichi Haruta carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5300082 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Satoshi Kaneda directs. MOKU scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Part of the "Love Stories 2 Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by MOKU. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Junko Maru and Hidemasa Shiozawa and Junichi Haruta carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt5300082 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.