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Kisses (1957)

Kisses poster
Original title
くちづけ
Directed by
Yasuzō Masumura
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two young people with troubled home lives meet at a police station. They start spending time together and share a kiss.

tendermelancholicpoignantintimateslightly rebelliousbittersweetwistfulemotionally charged

What happens

Kisses (Japanese: くちづけ, Hepburn: Kuchizuke), also titled The Kiss, is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Yasuzō Masumura, based on a novel by Matsutarō Kawaguchi. It was Masumura's debut as a director and is regarded as a precursor of the Japanese New Wave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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