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Kiss & Hurt (2004)

Kiss & Hurt poster
Original title
キスとキズ
Directed by
Kei Horie
Genre
teen film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man in a small port town works low-wage jobs and drinks to escape his failed romance. For a moment, a new woman gives him hope, but he gets pulled into trouble with an undocumented immigrant he met on the street.

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What happens

キスとキズ(Kiss&Hurt)は、2004年10月30日に公開された日本の青春映画。 舞台は地方の港町。青年・香坂俊は小説家への夢をもち、昼はビラ配り、夜はコンビニでのバイトで生活している。さとみが数年前に香坂のもとを去り上京して以来、仕事も続かず酒に逃げる香坂。彼は偶然夏希と出会い、人生が変わり始めたと感じる。しかし、香坂がビラ配りのバイトで知り合った中国人・ロンファーが実は不法滞在者で、彼の裏稼業によって香坂と夏希は事件に巻き込まれていく。goo映画 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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