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Unfinished Book, Unfinished Love (2015)
Directed by Daisuke Yamanouchi
“A melodramatic piece by Director Daisuke Yamanouchi, famous for his blood and violence scenes and his dark depictions of the world.”
Romance, Mystery, Fantasy, Drama · 1h 10m
Yoshioka is a struggling sensual novel author. His wife, Michiru, believes in his talent and supports him. Unable to cope with his lack of success, Yoshioka becomes dependent on alcohol and women, causing much grief to Michiru, but she never leaves his side.Yoshioka vows to change and immerses himself in writing, finally publishing a novel and receiving an award. Months pass and one day on the beautiful Ishigakijima island, a drunk Yoshioka visits a local bar and tells the proprietress, Megumi, the story of how he disappointed his wife and eventually lost her in an traffic accident. Seeing the extent of his grief, Megumi tells Yoshioka about the Ishigakijima legend about a special “fragrance satchel”. If you take the satchel with you and go to a particular lighthouse, you will be able to meet a person who has died one last time for a short duration, until the smell of the satchel fades away. She hands him this fragrance satchel.
Cast
Kotomi Asakura
Yohta Kawase
Misa Wada
Kyouko Maki
Manzo Shinra
Crew
- Director
- Daisuke Yamanouchi
- Screenplay
- Daisuke Yamanouchi
- Director of Photography
- Takehiko Tamiya
- Editor
- Daisuke Yamanouchi
Details
- Original title
- 情炎の島 濡れた熱帯夜
- Release date
- 2015-08-14
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Romance, Mystery, Fantasy, Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Okura Pictures, VOID FILMS