Kunitoshi MANDA

The Kiss

接吻

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Exploited by her co-workers, Kyoko feels lonely and misunderstood. Watching Sakaguchi’s arrest on live television, who after murdering a happy family turns himself in, Kyoko believes to recognize a familiar soul as he glances at the cameras. She is fascinated by him, writes letters and attends his trial, asks his lawyer to arrange for a visit. When Sakaguchi is sentenced to death, she decides to propose to him.

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接吻
Seppun

Japan 2007

108 minutes

Director
Kunitoshi MANDA

Script
Kunitoshi MANDA, Tamami MANDA

Cinematography
Makoto WATANABE

Music
Hiroyuki NAGASHIMA

Production
Geneon Entertainment, Rumble Fish

World sales
Geneon Entertainment

Cast
Eiko KOIKE, Etsushi TOYOKAWA, Toru NAKAMURA, Saburo SHINODA

About Kunitoshi MANDA

Kunitoshi MANDA, born in 1956, first worked as a screenwriter, among others for Kiyoshi KUROSAWA, before making his internationally acclaimed debut in 2001 with UNLOVED. He teaches at the Film School of Tokyo.

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