
Renai Shousetsu
2004, Japanese. Directed by Junichi Mori.
A love story starring Tamaki Hiroshi, Konishi Manami, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Hirayama Aya and Kamiki Ryunosuke. Hiroyuki, a fourth-year law student who has just broken up with his girlfriend Miwa, is approached by Satoshi, a student at the same university, on his way home from school and asked to do something strange. He wants to make a will for himself. Satoshi, who calls himself the "God of Death," begins to tell him about his mysterious past. He wants to get close to people but cannot. He says that everyone he was close to would die. So he has lived his life without befriending or loving anyone since he was a child. But when Satoshi meets a woman named Mizuki, he unexpectedly falls in love with her. And that was the beginning of a very sad love story...
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 19 June 2004
- Original title
- 恋愛小説
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kenji Bando
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Renai Shousetsu runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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Who directed Renai Shousetsu?
Renai Shousetsu (2004) was directed by Junichi Mori and stars Hiroshi Tamaki, Manami Konishi, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi.