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Tokyo Rendezvous (2008)

Tokyo Rendezvous poster
Original title
東南角部屋二階の女
Directed by
Chihiro Ikeda
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to sell his grandfather's land to pay off his father's debts. He ends up sharing an apartment on that land with two other people: a heartbroken coworker and a woman he met through an arranged marriage meeting.

melancholicslow-burnintrospectivequietbittersweetgroundedcontemplativeunderstated

What happens

『東南角部屋二階の女』(とうなんかどべやにかいのおんな)は、2008年の日本映画である。 池田千尋監督。西島秀俊主演。2008年9月20日に公開された。 野上孝(西島秀俊)の父が死んだ。父が残した多額の借金を返済しなければならず、祖父・野上友次郎(高橋昌也)の土地を売ろうと思いつくが、なかなか祖父を説得することができない。 やがて、その土地に建つアパートで、恋人(大谷英子)に去られたばかりで会社の後輩だった三崎哲(加瀬亮)と、見合い相手の豊島涼子(竹花梓)との三人での共同生活が始まる。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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