Aki Fukaki (2008)

Original title

秋深き

Directed by

Toshiharu Ikeda

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

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.

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How it feels

A middle school teacher falls deeply in love with a hostess in Osaka. He cannot drink but visits her club every night, and she accepts his earnest proposal. When they start living together, he becomes consumed with jealousy over her past relationships. Then she reveals she has breast cancer.

bittersweetgentlepoignantwarm-heartedmelancholictenderreflectiveunhurried

What happens

『秋深き』（あきふかき）は、2008年公開の日本映画。原作は織田作之助。公開時のコピーは「女は男の一途さに惚れ、男は女の乳房に恋した--。 可笑しくて、泣けて、心温まる“日本一純情”な恋物語」 中学校教師の寺田は、大阪・北新地のクラブのホステス、一代に惚れ込み、酒も飲めないのに、毎日店に通いつめていた。親が持ってくる見合い話にうんざりした寺田は、意を決して一代にプロポーズ。一代も寺田の一途な愛を受け入れることに。寺田は家を飛び出し、二人の生活を始めた。しかし、暮らし始めてすぐ、一代の過去の男性遍歴が次々と見え、寺田は過去への嫉妬に苦しむように。そんな時、一代が「乳がんになった」と告白する。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.