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Lost Paradise

Lost Paradise

1997 · 119 min · JA · 6.0 (28 votes)
Dir. Yoshimitsu Morita · Starring Koji Yakusho, Hitomi Kuroki, Akira Terao, Toshio Shiba, Tomoko Hoshino, Yoshino Kimura · Music Michiru Oshima

“Rather lovers in hell than alone in heaven.”

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Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.

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This film evokes a deeply melancholic and passionate atmosphere, exploring the bittersweet allure of forbidden love. It's a slow-burn journey through longing and the quiet desperation of finding escape from unfulfilled lives. The mature, character-driven style immerses you in a world of complex emotions and illicit desires.

melancholicpassionatebittersweetlongingillicitslow-burnmature dramacharacter-drivenemotionally resonantsubtle eroticismforbidden lovemarital dissatisfactionescapepassion
extramarital affair
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