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2020

Ai no manazashi o

Love Mooning

愛のまなざしを

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

Release Date
November, 12th, 2021
Running Time
102 min
Genre
Drama , Romance , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
DCP
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

Love Mooning Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

AEON ENTERTAINMENT, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN COMPANY, Wa Entertainment

[ Story ]

Suspense film that marks the third collaboration between director Manda Kunitoshi and script co-author Manda Tamami following UNloved and The Kiss. Depicts the tumultuous love-hate relationship between a psychiatrist whose wife has died and a lonely woman who shows up in his life.
Takashi (Nakamura Toru) is a psychiatrist who has shut down emotionally after his wife's death, and Ayako (Sugino Kiki) is his patient. They plunge into a torrid love affair that helps the love-starved Ayako and provides solace to Takashi. However, their love becomes riddled with jealousy and possessiveness.

[ Official Site ]

https://aimana-movie.com

[ Contact (International) ]

Nikkatsu Corporation
International Sales

3-28-12 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
Attn: KAWAI Emico, FURUKAWA Mami, KATO Taku, SUNG Tzwei, KOMORI Keiko, YAMAMOTO Umi
tel: +81 3 5689 1014
fax: +81 3 5689 1044
E-mail: international@nikkatsu.co.jp
https://intl.nikkatsu.com

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