
Close Range Love(2014)
A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.


“so close, yet so distanced.”
Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.

Hayato Ichihara
Tomoya Kishida

Juri Ueno
Aoi Sato

Yu Aoi
Kana Sato

Shoko Aida
Chizuru Morikawa

Fumiyo Kohinata
Yasujiro Sato

Ami Suzuki
Sayumi Kubo

Wakana Sakai
Kyoko Asakura

Hiroyuki Onoue
Jiro Hattori

Emi Suzuki

Hidekazu Mashima
Senior Sasaki
Rainbow Song is a drama, romance film released in 2006. Directed by Naoto Kumazawa, it stars Hayato Ichihara, Juri Ueno, Yu Aoi. Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.
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