Ryosuke HASHIGUCHI
Three Stories Of Love
恋人たち
Nippon Cinema ª
Bridge inspector Atsushi is grieving for his wife, the victim of a cruel murder, housewife Toko is longing to escape her unsatisfying marriage, and gay lawyer Shinomiya fails to be as successful in his love life as he is in his job. For his deeply moving drama about the absence of love, Ryosuke HASHIGUCHI chose relatively unknown actors, who deliver their performances with passion and sensitivity.
恋人たち
Koibitotachi
Japan 2015
140 minutes
Production
Shochiku Broadcasting, Arc Films
World sales
Shochiku Broadcasting, Arc Films
Cast
Atsushi SHINOHARA, Toko NARUSHIMA, Ryo IKEDA, Ken MITSUISHI, Lily Franky
About Ryosuke HASHIGUCHI
Ryosuke HASHIGUCHI, born in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1962, made his first 8mm films while still in high school. After studying film in Osaka, he started working as a director of TV productions. He won the Grand Prize at PIA Film Festival in 1989 for his short film A SECRET EVENING. Since his successful feature film debut with A TOUCH OF FEVER (1992), his films have been constantly shown at international festivals like Cannes, Berlin, and Rotterdam.