Mood Swings

2016 1h 15m JA

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 2

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Romantic comedy about a woman struggling with work and romance as she tries to figure out how to really live and love. Directed by Kataoka Shuji of the "Shin janki" and "Yakuza no daimon" series. Shimamura Misaki (Seto Saki), who works for a company in the restaurant industry, is a go-getter spinning her wheels and making little headway in either romance or work. An older colleague asks her to organize a wedding, and then she gets asked to serve as an interim manager at an udon shop operated by her company. Her troubles pile on, and then the restaurant manager Iwabuchi Tatsuya (Shibata Akiyoshi) does a certain something to the exhausted Misaki.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Seto Saki
Shimamura Misaki
Akiyoshi Shibata
Iwabuchi Tatsuya
Haruna Yabuki
Eto Rinko
Rin Ogawa
Shirō Shimomoto
Akira Aoyama

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shūji Kataoka
Writers: Shūji Kataoka
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shūji Kataoka, shot by Satoshi Shimomoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Seto Saki and Akiyoshi Shibata and Haruna Yabuki carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5300090 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shūji Kataoka directs. Satoshi Shimomoto behind the camera. Hiroshi Kirihata cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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.
5Directed by Shūji Kataoka, shot by Satoshi Shimomoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Hiroshi Kirihata shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Seto Saki and Akiyoshi Shibata and Haruna Yabuki carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt5300090 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.