Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)

Original title

世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ

Directed by

Isao Yukisada

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

12

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his hometown and listens to old audio diaries from his high school girlfriend. Through flashbacks, he revisits the sorrow and love from their shared past.

nostalgicmelancholicbittersweetslow-burnpoignanttenderreflectiveheartfelt

What happens

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (Japanese: 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ, Hepburn: Sekai no Chūshin de, Ai o Sakebu) is a 2004 Japanese drama film directed by Isao Yukisada and based on the novel Socrates in Love by Kyoichi Katayama. The story follows a man Sakutarou (Takao Osawa) who returns to his hometown and listens to audio diaries recorded by his school sweetheart Aki (Masami Nagasawa). Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days. The film opened in Japan on 8 May 2004, which brought Nagasawa recognition as an actress. It was a financial success, and its theme song, "Hitomi o Tojite" (With My Eyes Closed) by Ken Hirai, became a successful single. It 2005, it was remade in South Korea as My Girl and I. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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