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Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly

1979 · 98 min

A quiet, unhurried character drama that drifts through city life, carrying a low ache of loneliness and fragile connection.

Directed by
Toshiya Fujita
Genres
Drama
Starring
Aiko Morishita, Eiji Okuda, Junko Takazawa
Overview
A young man has more on his hands than he can handle: a child he rarely sees, a runaway wife, and a young prostitute he has just met. The close-knit city of Tokyo brings them all together.

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Directed by
Toshiya Fujita
Genres
Drama
Starring
Aiko Morishita, Eiji Okuda, Junko Takazawa
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • isolation
    • love
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Toshiya Fujita
    Written by
    Tatsuo Kobayashi
    Starring
    Aiko Morishita, Eiji Okuda, Junko Takazawa, Tomohiro Fujiwara, Morio Kazama, Sakae Umezu, Hiroko Maki, Yoshi Katō
    Music
    Kohei Shinozaki
    Cinematography
    Yonezō Maeda
    Runtime
    98 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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