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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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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Kyō no dekigoto (2004)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.