THREE STORIES OF LOVE

恋人たち

Directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Masters / Japan / 2015 / Drama, Romance / 140 mins / Japanese with English subtitles / HD / West Coast Premiere

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THREE STORIES OF LOVE

UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, May 2, 2016 8:00 pm

Description

Official Selection, 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival
Official Selection, 2015 Busan International Film Festival

The most acclaimed Japanese film of 2015 interweaves the personal aspirations of three characters as they undergo at different stages and in different orders introspective journeys of romantic hope, disappointment, and loss. A bridge-repairer quietly goes on with life after the senseless murder of his wife. A gay lawyer holds a secret love close to his heart. A housewife dreams of a life large enough to contain her sense of self-worth.

Together, the three low-key but high-temperature quests for romantic peace depict love as lingering fevers resistant to diagnosis and immune to easy remedy. Hashiguchi Ryosuke (All Around Us) makes few films now, but when he does, they are dramas for adults: uncompromising, hardened, and immensely felt. His magnificent slices of life are troves of truth and are thick with the exhalation of endurance. –Brian Hu

Co-presented by: Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana

Director's Bio

Filmography
1989: A Secret Evening (Grand Prize, 1989 Pia Film Festival)
1993: A Touch of Fever
1995: Like Grains of Sand
2001: Hush! (Directors’ Fortnight, 2001 Cannes Film Festival)
2008: All Around Us (2008, Berlin Film Festival)

Credits

Writer: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Producer: Seigo Fukada, Hiroshi Ono, Yosuke Hirata, Satoshi Aikawa
Starring: Atsushi Shinohara, Toko Narushima, Ryo Ikeda