Summer When My Wife Was in Love

"Fourth installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love."

2014 1h 28m JA

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Synopsis

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Imaoka Shinji, one of Japan's best-known adult film directors and The Drudgery Train scriptwriter, tells a couple's secret tale. One day, Koji (Kaneko Noboru)'s wife Kaori (Miyaji Mao) suddenly dies. He learns from the doctor that Kaori was three months pregnant, but Kenji knows it can't be him. Eventually, he discovers an unknown side of Kaori.

“Fourth installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love.”

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Cast

Mao Miyaji
Kaori
Noboru Kaneko
Koji
Ryunosuke Kawai
Nakamura
Yuira Goto
Akio Hirose
Honoka

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shinji Imaoka
Writers: Shinji Imaoka
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Love Stories 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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CAST

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Mao Miyaji and Noboru Kaneko and Ryunosuke Kawai carry the top of the cast.

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DIRECTOR

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Marketing tagline: "Fourth installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4114212 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shinji Imaoka directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Part of the "Love Stories Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Mao Miyaji and Noboru Kaneko and Ryunosuke Kawai carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Fourth installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love.".
7IMDB entry: tt4114212 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.