Sad Boyfriend (2009)

Original title

悲しいボーイフレンド

Directed by

Yōka Kusano

Genre

romance film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 27m

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 37 year old single businessman gets a mysterious call from a girl named Kana who has seen his high school yearbook. She drags him back to his hometown in Kobe where his forgotten youth and first love start to come back to life.

nostalgicbittersweetgentlemelancholicreflectivetenderslow-pacedlonging

What happens

『悲しいボーイフレンド』（かなしいボーイフレンド）は、2009年2月21日公開の日本映画。監督は草野陽花。大人になり、誰もがもつ青春時代の「郷愁」を思いおこさせる、大人の初恋物語。寺脇康文初の単独主演作品である。 製薬会社の営業部課長の岩津は37歳で、独身。部下や上司の間に挟まれながら、日々の仕事に追われている。ある日突然、岩津の携帯電話に卒業アルバムを見た、と謎の少女、香奈から電話が入る。香奈の強引な誘いに、流れのまま岩津の故郷、神戸・三宮まで連れて行かれる岩津。そして、次々と香奈によって岩津の過去が蘇ってゆく。 (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.