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Mood:
- SentimentalTouching
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Plot:
- Love and RomanceMind and SoulLove AffairTeenage LoveHaunted By the PastTeenage LifeHopesYouth more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignMelodramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- AsiaJapan
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Sekai no chûshin de, ai o sakebu, 2004
Japanese, English
Japan
Profile of Sekai no chûshin de, ai o sakebu
The mood of Sekai no chûshin de, ai o sakebu is sentimental and touching. The plot centers around love and romance, themes of mind and soul, and teenage love. It is a drama, foreign, and romance movie. Stylistically, it is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is Japan. It happens in contemporary times. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being an award winner.
Summary of Sekai no chûshin de, ai o sakebu
"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the girl comes back to him. The colored sand runs through his hands and a tear appears on his cheek. He wakes up. It's 2004 and he is 34 years old and in Japan. He thinks "I have been in a world without her for 17 years." Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then. Based on the bestselling novel that sold over 3 million copies, the past and present come together in this love story that is both pure and sad.
Details
| Language: | Japanese, English |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 10 July 2010 |
| Runtime: | 138 min |
Cast and Crew
as Sakutaro Matsumoto
as Ritsuko Fujimura
as Aki Hirose
as Sakutaro Matsumoto
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