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Bitter Sweet (2004)

Bitter Sweet poster
Original title
ビタースイート
Directed by
Mitsuru Meike
Genre
pink film
Country
Japan
Runtime
58 min
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman navigates a tangled web of desire and regret. Her personal relationships become a quiet battleground of unspoken longing and emotional compromise.

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What happens

Mitsuru Meike (女池充, Meike Mitsuru) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of prominent pink film directors known collectively as the "Seven Lucky Gods of Pink" (ピンク七福神, shichifukujin) which comprises Meike, Toshiya Ueno, Yūji Tajiri, Shinji Imaoka, Yoshitaka Kamata, Toshirō Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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