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Tsuki to neru onna: Matagura no omokage (2020)

Tsuki to neru onna: Matagura no omokage poster
Original title
月と寝る女 またぐらの面影
Directed by
Hitoshi Ishikawa
Genre
pink film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
R18+
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A college couple named Yumi and Makoto start a long-distance relationship when he moves to Tokyo to pursue a music career. Over the decades their contact fades until she reappears to him years later with a promise to meet again during future harvest moons.

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What happens

『月と寝る女 またぐらの面影』(つきとねるおんな またぐらのおもかげ)は、石川欣監督の日本映画。 男は愚かでロマンチスト、女はしたたかで逞しく。大学生のカップル、ユミとマコト。22歳、バンド活動中に出会った2人だが、マコトはミュージシャンになるという夢をかなえるために上京、遠距離恋愛となる。売れないままのマコトはユミの父に結婚を反対され、連絡も途切れていく。11年後の月の出る33歳。東京で自暴自棄に生きるマコトのもとに、ユミがあらわれる。年齢がぞろ目になる11年後のハーベストムーンにまた会おうと。合言葉はモモヤ/パンション。愛してる、永久に。いっしょにはなれない永遠の恋人の44年間の物語。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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