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Drowning Love

6.2 / 10

111 minutes

2016-11-05

Japanese

JP

Actors :

Masaki Suda, Nana Komatsu, Daiki Shigeoka, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryohei Shima, Yoichiro Saito, Gôichi Mine, Ayumu Ito, Masami Horiuchi, Miwako Ichikawa, Mickey Curtis, Nazuki Amano

Description

Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets Koichiro Hasegawa. He is the successor of the Hasegawa family. His family is wealthy and is respected in the area. Natsume Mochizuki and Koichiro Hasegawa become attracted to each other, but something changes their fate.

Reviews

sitenoise

sitenoise

6/23/2021, 3:58:00 PM

A story we've seen from Japan a thousand times: Pretty girl transfer student from Tokyo to Hicksville falls for the brooding bad boy in class. It treats this middle school romance as if it's a little more mature than it is. What sets it apart are some of the directorial choices in editing and sound. There are some over-the-top drama moments that would kill the film if they weren't normalized by...