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The Brutal Hopelessness of Love (2007)
Directed by Takashi Ishii
Drama · 1h 57m
Famous movie actress Nami is being interviewed by a magazine reporter about her new film in which the plot resembles her real life. Her actor husband Yosuke has an affair with a young actress Junko whereas in the movie, Nami acts as an actress whose husband has an extramarital relationship with a young girl, with Yosuke as the husband and Junko as the new girl friend. In the course of the interview, Nami falls into deep thoughts and flashbacks about her lascivious encounters with strangers in a night train, in the movie as in the reality. Despite whether her intention is to revenge her husband or to satisfy her own desires, Nami demonstrates bewitching charm in a series of intercourse with different men, positions and locations. Director Takashi Ishii attempts to explore female sexual psychology through perfect blends of aesthetic nudity and violence.
Cast
Mai Kitajima
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Kanji Tsuda
Naoto Takenaka
Yozaburo Ito
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Shun Nakayama
Kiriko Shimizu
Tōru Shinagawa
Mikage
Crew
- Director
- Takashi Ishii
- Screenplay
- Takashi Ishii
- Writer
- Takashi Ishii
- Director of Photography
- Rokurō Terada, Yasushi Sasakibara
- Original Music Composer
- Goro Yasukawa
- Editor
- Yûji Murayama
- Producer
- Takashi Achiwa, Toru Ishii, Hitoshi Matsuda
Details
- Original title
- 人が人を愛することのどうしようもなさ
- Release date
- 2007-03-01
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Video Company, OB Kikaku