Thursday, August 20, 2009

[09.08.20] Dongwan’s reviewlog: Tokyo Tower

A quick intro to the movie:

Toru (Junichi Okada), a 20-year old man, falls in love with Shifumi (Hitomi Kuroki) who is not only married but also 20 years older than he. Complicating matters even further, she also happens to be a good friend of his own mother. Not the makings of a simple relationship, to say the least. For her part, Shifumi has all the money and possessions she could ever want. But something is missing, and it is that “something” that she finds in this very unexpected yet undeniable love for a man young enough to be her own son. The story unfolds in tandem with that of Toru’s friend, Koji (Jun Matsumoto), who also falls in love with a married woman Kimiko (Shinobu Terajima). The two couples struggle to deal with the complexities of modern relationships, in an effort to find a balance between the forces of true love and the reality surrounding them.
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Director: Takashi Minamoto
Release date: 2004, Japan
Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars

This is obviously not love, it’s infatuation.



Credits: Dongwan’s Naver blog +Su-mi@absolutshinhwa

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