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花影 (2008)

花影 poster
Directed by
Hayato Kawai
Genre
romance film
Country
Japan
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A Japanese jewelry designer visits South Korea for business and meets a Korean elementary school teacher who falls for her at first sight. After she returns to Japan, a scandal destroys her career and personal life until a love letter from the teacher offers her a new beginning.

bittersweetromanticslow-pacedmelancholicpeacefulsentimentalintimatewistful

What happens

『花影』(はなかげ)は、2008年公開の日本映画。河合勇人監督の長編デビュー作で、山本未來の映画初主演作でありキム・レウォンの日本映画初出演作でもある。原作は市川森一の書き下ろし。 有名ジュエリーデザイナーの尚美は、出店計画を進めるため釜山を訪れた。在日3世である尚美は、先祖の墓を探すうちに小学校教師スンウに出会う。尚美に一目で恋をしたスンウは尚美を思い続けるが、尚美は日本での忙しい日々へと帰っていく。そんな時、尚美の不倫スキャンダルが発覚、店は閉店へと追い込まれる。マスコミに追われ恋人と別れた尚美に、一通の手紙が届く。それは韓国で出会った青年、スンウからのラブレターだった。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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