
The Souvenir(2019)
A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.



Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Tetsuo

Denden
Kida

Shugo Oshinari
Ken

Maya Okano
Minami

Chika Uchida
Kyoko

Kanji Tsuda
Shinjo

Houka Kinoshita
Sato

Kanji Furutachi
Kano

Yoshihiko Hosoda
Mamoru
Sachie Yamasaki
Kaede
Lowlife Love is a drama, romance film released in 2016 exploring themes of filmmaking. Directed by Eiji Uchida, it stars Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Denden, Shugo Oshinari. Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'.
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