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A Secret Evening (1989)

A Secret Evening poster
Original title
夕辺の秘密
Directed by
Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
51 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A high school friend group gathers one evening. One boy secretly loves his best friend, who accepts it gently. A careless comment from another friend stirs hidden tensions among them.

intimatetenderquietmelancholicslow-burnnostalgicunspokenawkward

What happens

『夕辺の秘密』(ゆうべのひみつ、英: A Secret Evening)は、1989年に製作された日本映画。橋口亮輔監督の初期の自主映画。8ミリ作品。 1989年、第12回ぴあフィルムフェスティバルでPFFアワードグランプリを受賞した公式サイト。 伊藤、吉田、奸原、春美は高校の同級生。伊藤は親友の吉田に秘かに想いを寄せている。吉田はそんな伊藤の気持ちを、困惑する風でもなくただ自然に受けとめている。ところが吉田の家に集まったある晩、春美が勢いで言った「伊藤君って吉田君のこと好きなんでしょ」という言葉によって、彼らの心の中に波紋が広がり始めるぴあフィルムフェスティバル。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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