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2024

A Fool's Love

Directed by Kishū Izuchi
Adapted from the novel "Chijin no Ai" (痴人の愛) by Tanizaki Junichiro (谷崎潤一郎).

Kawai Joji, an aspiring screenwriter who has won a screenplay competition but has yet to make his professional debut, meets a beautiful woman, Naomi, in a rundown bar one day. Naomi says she is working at the bar while aiming to become an actress. On another day, Joji is asked by his screenplay instructor if he would like to write a screenplay for a film based on Tanizaki Junichiro's "A Fool's Love" on his behalf. Joji is determined to succeed this time, but struggles to write the script. Meanwhile, Joji meets Naomi again, and the two of them quickly become closer, but...

Duration

1h 46m

Released

November 29, 2024

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Cast11

  • Shima Onishi
  • Sena Natsuki
  • Shiori Doi
  • Shunsuke Sato
  • Yohei Shibayama
  • Takehiro Murata
  • Miyoko Yoshimoto
  • Hiroko Nakajima
  • Yohta Kawase

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