Nobuteru UCHIDA
Love Addiction
Nippon Cinema ª
Yukako is in a relationship with Shigehisa, who has an affair with Saeko, whom Noboru has been in love with for quite a while. Don’t get this wrong, what sounds like typical afternoon daily soap material, is in fact a small masterpiece of observation of human emotions and behavior. Brilliantly acted and directed with such ernesty and restraint, LOVE ADDICTION teaches us about the painful, addictive side of love, when it is not requited in equal amounts.
Japan 2010
92 minutes
Production
Eizo Kobo NOBU
World sales
RAMONDA
Cast
Megumi KATO, Hiroyuki SATO, Kosuke TAKAKI, Momoko MAEKAWA
About Nobuteru UCHIDA
Nobuteru UCHIDA earned much acclaim with his first feature film KAZAANA (2007), winning the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Pia Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Hiroshima Visual Exhibition, among others. LOVE ADDICTION is his second feature-length film and was awarded the Grand Prize at the Tokyo FilmEx Festival 2010.