Lonely Heart

Lonely Heart

1985 · 112 min · JA · 7.2 (28 votes)
Dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi · Starring Yasuko Tomita, Toshinori Omi, Yumiko Fujita, Nenji Kobayashi, Makoto Satō, Ittoku Kishibe · Music Naoshi Miyazaki
RomanceComedyDrama

Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche, or is she real?

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A tender, slightly surreal journey through adolescent yearning. It captures the awkwardness of first love and the confusion of self-discovery with a gentle, dreamlike quality that lingers long after the credits roll.

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coming of age