Synopsis
A 40-something disillusioned novelist, Yazoe, haunted by a failed marriage and a crippling personal secret, navigates hollow affairs with a courtesan named Chieko while projecting his emotional void onto the protagonists of his love novels—until an accidental encounter with a naive college student, Noriko Seyawa, unravels his guarded solitude, forcing him to confront his fear of intimacy and the buried trauma shaping his twisted philosophy on love.
Ratings
TMDB5.3/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Haruhiko AraiDirector
- Haruhiko AraiScreenplay
- Itsuro ShimodaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Go AyanoKatsuji Yazoe
- SakuyaNoriko Segawa
- Rena TanakaChieko
- Tasuku EmotoCast
- Junko MiyashitaCast
- Akari MisakiCast
- MINAMOCast
- Kazuo Haraman in bar
- Junichi InoueCast
Stills
Themes
based on novel or book