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The End of the Century Darling

The End of the Century Darling

19964.00h 30m

Overview

Ogata, a nice and hardworking man, has only one problem... His love for Takasugi, another man. But by telling Takasugi about his feelings, the problem should be gone. Yet another problem arises: Takasugi believes their feelings are too alike and that they therefore can't be together. But who knows what can happen when two men in love go away on a vacation together—both determined to win the seducing game.

Directed by Kenichi Maejima
Written by Shino Taira, Maki Naruto, Kenichi Maejima
Produced by Ken Mochizuki
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Top Cast

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Yoichuroh Takasugi (voice)

Yasunori Matsumoto

Yasunori Matsumoto

Kohsaku Ogata (voice)

Hideyuki Hori

Hideyuki Hori

Yukari Shikibu (voice)

Jurota Kosugi

Jurota Kosugi

Naoyuki Takagi (voice)

Tetsuya Iwanaga

Tetsuya Iwanaga

Masayuki Tsutsumi (voice)

Masami Kikuchi

Masami Kikuchi

Takeru Itabashi (voice)

Toshihiko Seki

Toshihiko Seki

Todorokki Kouhei (voice)

Themes & Keywords

vacationbased on mangaboys' love (bl)

About The End of the Century Darling

The End of the Century Darling is a animation, comedy, drama, romance film released in 1996 exploring themes of vacation, based on manga, boys' love (bl). Directed by Kenichi Maejima, it stars Kazuhiko Inoue, Yasunori Matsumoto, Hideyuki Hori. Ogata, a nice and hardworking man, has only one problem... His love for Takasugi, another man. But by telling Takasugi about his feelings, the problem should be gone. Yet another problem arises: Takasugi believes their feelings are too alike and that they therefore can't be together. But who knows what can happen when two men in love go away on a vacation together—both determined to win the seducing game.

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