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Unloved(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-11-05
70%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 57m
Overview:
Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he repeatedly tries to make her change her lifestyle and values. While Eiji ponders the reasons of the breakup, Mitsuko falls for one of her neighbours, a young slacker who has the same approach to life as her. But Mitsuko's new lover is fascinated by Eiji's power and social status... A triangle that will inevitably leave one of the characters "unloved".
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Movie: Unloved
Top 5 Billed Cast
森口瑤子
Mitsuko Kageyama
仲村トオル
Eiji Katsuno
松岡俊介
Hiroshi Shimokawa
諏訪太朗
Restaurant owner
翁華栄
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Overview
Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he repeatedly tries to make her change her lifestyle and values. While Eiji ponders the reasons of the breakup, Mitsuko falls for one of her neighbours, a young slacker who has the same approach to life as her. But Mitsuko's new lover is fascinated by Eiji's power and social status... A triangle that will inevitably leave one of the characters "unloved".
Release Date
2001-11-05
Average
7
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
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Languages:
日本語
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