
Up at the Villa(2000)
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.



Yutaka Takenouchi
Agata Junsei

Kelly Chen
Aoi

Yusuke Santamaria
Takashi

Ryoko Shinohara
Memi

Michael Wong
Marvin Lai

Kippei Shiina
Takanashi

Tatsuo Matsumura
Seiji Agata

Shin'ya Ohwada
Kiyomasa Agata

Léona Hirota
Asami

Sansei Shiomi
The Lawyer
Between Calmness and Passion is a romance, drama film released in 2001 exploring themes of florence, italy, milan, italy. Directed by Isamu Nakae, it stars Yutaka Takenouchi, Kelly Chen, Yusuke Santamaria. An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.
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