Love Never to End | |
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Directed by | Yasuo Tsuruhashi |
Produced by | Minami Ichikawa Toshihiro Ooura Yuko Shin Shogo Tomiyama |
Written by | Novel: Junichi Watanabe Screenplay: Yasuo Tsuruhashi |
Music by | Yuko Fujishima Osamu Nakanishi |
Cinematography | Kiyoshi Murase Tomio Suzuki |
Editing by | Hiroshi Yamada |
Distributed by | Toho |
Released | January 13, 2007 |
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Love Never to End (愛の流刑地 Ai no Rukeichi) is a 2007 Japanese film based on a Junichi Watanabe novel which was serialized in the Nikkei newspaper. The story was later re-made as a 2-part television drama which aired on NTV.
Plot[]
Aging novelist Kikuji, separated from his wife, meets housewife Fuyuka and the two begin a torrid love affair. At the height of passion Fuyuka asks him to kill her and he obliges by strangling her to death. Most of the film takes place in court as Kikuji is on trial for the murder. The story of the affair is conveyed through flashbacks.
Cast[]
- Etsushi Toyokawa ... Kikuji Murao
- Shinobu Terajima ... Fuyuka Irie
- Kyoko Hasegawa ... Miyuki Oribe
- Miyoko Asada
- Junko Fuji
- Hirotarō Honda
- Takanori Jinnai
- Shihori Kanjiya
- Yutaka Matsushige
- Toru Nakamura
- Kuranosuke Sasaki
- Koichi Sato
- Masahiko Tsugawa
- Kimiko Yo
External links[]
- Love Never to End review at The Japan Times