Shinji AOYAMA 青山真治
Shady Grove
Nippon Cinema ª
Rika is an attractive 24-year-old. One day she is left by her boyfriend out of the blue. Being completely desperate, she tries to get him back. To do so, she even hires a private detective to snoop around. Since she has no one to talk to, she just randomly calls any number. And by chance she meets Kono, who is completely cut off from the outside world and hides in his small apartment. A tender relationship develops between the two lonely hearts. SHADY GROVE, by the highly acclaimed young director Shinji AOYAMA, is a beautifully photographed love story with hypnotic calm images.
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Shady Grove (NC 2000)
Drama Romance
日本 1999
99 分
製作
Bitters End
海外セールス
Bitters End
キャスト
Urara AWATA, Tomohiro SEKIGUCHI, Yoichiro SAITO, Ken MITSUISHI, Arata IURA
About Shinji AOYAMA
青山真治
Shinji AOYAMA (1964–2022) studied at Rikkyo University before making his first feature film HELPLESS in 1996. In 2000, his film EUREKA received the FIPRESCI Prize, as well as the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, in Cannes. His films were regularly shown at festivals such as Cannes, Venice or Locarno.