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100 Yen Love (2014)

100 Yen Love poster
Original title
百円の恋
Directed by
Masaharu Take
Genre
drama film, boxing film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
12
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 94 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in her 30s lives a directionless life at home with her family. She starts working at a convenience store and discovers boxing, which gives her a new sense of purpose.

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What happens

100 Yen Love (百円の恋, Hyakuen no Koi) is a 2014 Japanese sports drama film directed by Masaharu Take and starring Sakura Ando. The film was released in Japan on December 20, 2014. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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