Underplayed Gems

One Way Love (2023)

One Way Love poster
Original title
カタオモイ
Directed by
Imaoka Shinji
Genre
romance
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 18m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A 43-year-old housewife leaves her husband after discovering his affair and starts working at a diner in a Tokyo neighborhood. She takes in a young man who is drunk and suicidal, and after a mistaken kiss she secretly enters his life using a spare key.

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What happens

『カタオモイ』(かたおもい)は、2023年8月に公開された日本のドラマ映画で、いまおかしんじが監督、丸純子が主演。R15+指定。 結婚生活20年以上になる43歳の主婦・杉下可南子は、夫・方正の浮気を知って家を飛び出し、東京下町の大衆食堂で働き始める。家庭生活に息苦しさを感じていた可南子は、ある日、路上で酔い潰れていた青年・謙一を介抱する。謙一は同棲していた恋人に別れを告げられ、酒と睡眠薬を飲んで自暴自棄になっていた。 可南子は泥酔した謙一を自宅まで送り届けるが、恋人と勘違いした謙一から突然キスをされる。その出来事をきっかけに謙一へ恋心を抱いた可南子は、偶然手に入れた合鍵を使って彼の部屋へ出入りするようになる。 年齢や立場の違い、家庭を抱える現実との間で揺れ動きながらも、可南子は下町で出会った人々との交流を通じて、自らの人生や夢、恋愛と向き合っていく。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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