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Love: Starting on a Journey

Love: Starting on a Journey

19852.52h 6m

Overview

A girl suffering from an incurable disease get in a coma, while her boyfriend visit her to the hospital, she visits the beyond.

Directed by Toshio Masuda
Written by Kazuo Kasahara, Toshio Masuda
Box Office0Revenue: $7.8M

Top Cast

Akina Nakamori

Akina Nakamori

Masahiko Kondo

Masahiko Kondo

Hiroshi Katsuno

Hiroshi Katsuno

Midori Hagio

Midori Hagio

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

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Themes & Keywords

dark fantasynear-death experience

About Love: Starting on a Journey

Love: Starting on a Journey is a fantasy, mystery, romance film released in 1985 exploring themes of dark fantasy, near-death experience. Directed by Toshio Masuda, it stars Akina Nakamori, Masahiko Kondo, Hiroshi Katsuno. A girl suffering from an incurable disease get in a coma, while her boyfriend visit her to the hospital, she visits the beyond.

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