Just Only Love

2018 Japanese romantic comedy-drama film
  • Rikiya Imaizumi
  • Kaori Sawai
Based onJust Only Love
by Mitsuyo KakutaStarring
  • Yukino Kishii
  • Ryo Narita
  • Mai Fukagawa
  • Ryuya Wakaba
CinematographyHiroshi IwanagaEdited byTakashi SatoMusic byGary AshiyaDistributed byElephant House
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123 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Just Only Love (Japanese: 愛がなんだ, Hepburn: Ai ga nanda, lit. What Is Love?) is a 2018 Japanese romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rikiya Imaizumi.[2][3] Based on the novel of the same name by Mitsuyo Kakuta,[4] the film stars Yukino Kishii, Ryo Narita, Mai Fukagawa, and Ryuya Wakaba.

The film premiered at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival,[2][5][6] and received a theatrical release in Japan in April 2019.[4][7]

Cast

  • Yukino Kishii as Teruko Yamada[7]
  • Ryo Narita as Mamoru Tanaka[7]
  • Mai Fukagawa as Yoko Sakamoto[7]
  • Ryuya Wakaba as Sei Nakahara[7]
  • Noriko Eguchi as Sumire[7]

Reception

James Hadfield of The Japan Times gave the film a score of three out of five stars, calling it "an honest depiction of the vague boundaries of 20-something romance, and takes the time to show its unequal relationships from both sides."[7]

References

  1. ^ "Schedule". Tokyo International Film Festival 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Schilling, Mark (18 October 2018). "Your guide to our Japanese film picks at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival". The Japan Times. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ Blair, Gavin J. (24 October 2018). "Why Are Asian Film Fests Dragging Their Feet on Gender Equality?". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b Nathan, Richard (19 April 2019). "'Just Only Love' the fifth Mitsuyo Kakuta book-to-film adaptation out on general release". Red Circle Authors. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ "【Just Only Love】 | 31st Tokyo International Film Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. ^ Saluveer, Sten-Kristian (1 November 2018). "Filmmaker Rikiya Imaizumi on his Tokyo competition title 'Just Only Love'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Hadfield, James (17 April 2019). "'Just Only Love': Looking for romance in all the wrong places". The Japan Times. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  • Just Only Love at IMDb