Underplayed Gems

She Taught Me Serendipity (2024)

She Taught Me Serendipity poster
Original title
今日の空が一番好き、とまだ言えない僕は
Directed by
Akiko Ōku
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
K-12
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lonely college student meets a girl who seems perfect for him, but their romance is complicated by an unexpected turn of events.

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What happens

She Taught Me Serendipity (Japanese: 今日の空が一番好き、とまだ言えない僕は, Hepburn: Kyō no sora ga ichiban suki, to mada ienai boku wa; ) is a 2024 Japanese romantic drama film written and directed by Akiko Ohku. Based on Shusuke Fukutoku's eponymous novel from 2020, it stars Riku Hagiwara as a college student who falls in love with a student from his class (Yumi Kawai), eventually leading to an unexpected and troubling incident. She Taught Me Serendipity had its world premiere at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival, followed by a theatrical release in Japan in 2025, and a limited theatrical release in South Korea and in France from 2025 to 2026. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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