The Brutal Hopelessness of Love

8.0
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 117 min
  • Premiere: 2007. March 1.

Famous movie actress Nami is being interviewed by a magazine reporter about her new film in which the plot resembles her real life. Her actor husband Yosuke has an affair with a young actress Junko whereas in the movie, Nami acts as an actress whose husband has an extramarital relationship with a young girl, with Yosuke as the husband and Junko as the new girl friend. In the course of the interview, Nami falls into deep thoughts and flashbacks about her lascivious encounters with strangers in a night train, in the movie as in the reality. Despite whether her intention is to revenge her husband or to satisfy her own desires, Nami demonstrates bewitching charm in a series of intercourse with different men, positions and locations. Director Takashi Ishii attempts to explore female sexual psychology through perfect blends of aesthetic nudity and violence.

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Mai Kitajima

Nami Tsuchiya

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Yōsuke Tsuchiya

Naoto Takenaka

Katsuragi

Ito Yozaburo

Shōichi Ogura

Akio Joe

Yamagami

Kiriko Shimizu

Ogura's wife

Mikage

Junko Kotani

Art

Teru Yamazaki

Art Direction

Camera

Rokurō Terada

Director of Photography

Yasushi Sasakibara

Director of Photography

Directing

Takashi Ishii

Director

Editing

Lighting

Kenji Ushiba

Lighting Technician

Sound

Goro Yasukawa

Original Music Composer

Mineharu Kitamura

Sound Recordist

Writing

Takashi Ishii

Screenplay

Art

Teru Yamazaki

Art Direction

Camera

Rokurō Terada

Director of Photography

Yasushi Sasakibara

Director of Photography

Directing

Takashi Ishii

Director

Editing

Lighting

Kenji Ushiba

Lighting Technician

Sound

Goro Yasukawa

Original Music Composer

Mineharu Kitamura

Sound Recordist

Writing

Takashi Ishii

Screenplay