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Unfinished Book, Unfinished Love

Unfinished Book, Unfinished Love

A melodramatic piece by Director Daisuke Yamanouchi, famous for his blood and violence scenes and his dark depictions of the world.

20151.01h 10m

Overview

Yoshioka is a struggling sensual novel author. His wife, Michiru, believes in his talent and supports him. Unable to cope with his lack of success, Yoshioka becomes dependent on alcohol and women, causing much grief to Michiru, but she never leaves his side.Yoshioka vows to change and immerses himself in writing, finally publishing a novel and receiving an award. Months pass and one day on the beautiful Ishigakijima island, a drunk Yoshioka visits a local bar and tells the proprietress, Megumi, the story of how he disappointed his wife and eventually lost her in an traffic accident. Seeing the extent of his grief, Megumi tells Yoshioka about the Ishigakijima legend about a special “fragrance satchel”. If you take the satchel with you and go to a particular lighthouse, you will be able to meet a person who has died one last time for a short duration, until the smell of the satchel fades away. She hands him this fragrance satchel.

Directed by Daisuke Yamanouchi
Written by Daisuke Yamanouchi
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Top Cast

Kotomi Asakura

Kotomi Asakura

Michiru

Yohta Kawase

Yohta Kawase

Yoshioka

Misa Wada

Misa Wada

Myôe

Kyouko Maki

Kyouko Maki

Maki

Manzo Shinra

Manzo Shinra

Yagisawa

H

Hiroshi Kotaka

Okamoto

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Themes & Keywords

islandwriternovelistsoftcorepink film

About Unfinished Book, Unfinished Love

Unfinished Book, Unfinished Love is a romance, mystery, fantasy, drama film released in 2015 exploring themes of island, writer, novelist, softcore, pink film. Directed by Daisuke Yamanouchi, it stars Kotomi Asakura, Yohta Kawase, Misa Wada. Yoshioka is a struggling sensual novel author. His wife, Michiru, believes in his talent and supports him. Unable to cope with his lack of success, Yoshioka becomes dependent on alcohol and women, causing much grief to Michiru, but she never leaves his side.Yoshioka vows to change and immerses himself in writing, finally publishing a novel and receiving an award. Months pass and one day on the beautiful Ishigakijima island, a drunk Yoshioka visits a local bar and tells the proprietress, Megumi, the story of how he disappointed his wife and eventually lost her in an traffic accident. Seeing the extent of his grief, Megumi tells Yoshioka about the Ishigakijima legend about a special “fragrance satchel”. If you take the satchel with you and go to a particular lighthouse, you will be able to meet a person who has died one last time for a short duration, until the smell of the satchel fades away. She hands him this fragrance satchel.

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