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Ai no manazashi o

Love Mooning

愛のまなざしを

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(c)Love Mooning Film Partners

Release Date: November, 12th, 2021

Running Time: 102 min

Genre: Drama , Romance , Feature

Color: Color

Screening Format: DCP

Screen Size: -

Sound Processing: -

Screening Format with Subtitles: English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

MANDA Kunitoshi

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

NAKAMURA Toru ── TAKIZAWA Takashi
SUGINO Kiki ── MIZUNO Ayako
SAITOH Takumi ── UCHIYAMA Shigeru

[ Staff ]

MANDA Tamami ── Screenplay
MANDA Kunitoshi ── Screenplay
YAMADA Tatsuya ── Cinematography
MANDA Kunitoshi ── Editor
KOIDE Yutaka ── Editor
NAGASHIMA Hiroyuki ── Music

[ 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, SUNG Tzwei, 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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