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Hold Me Back

Play trailer Poster for Hold Me Back 2020 2h 13m Romance Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org 08/07/2021
Honest, poignant, and with the true spirit of fantastic film at its heart, with Hold Me Back, Akiko Okhu proves once again she is at the forefront of visionary Japanese filmmaking. Go to Full Review Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography 09/22/2021
Hold Me Back is a refreshing and highly touching romance-comedy. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 09/12/2021
7/10
"Hold me Back" has some issues, but the general sense it leaves is of a film that is rather smart in the way it presents its comments, while being quite entertaining on the way. Go to Full Review Sean Gilman In Review Online 08/17/2021
Ohku's fantasies are not merely funny or weird or beautiful for their own sake ... but are inextricably tied to the psychological condition of her heroines. Go to Full Review Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia 08/09/2021
Akiko Ohku has created an offbeat and unusual love story which is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Go to Full Review Mark Schilling Japan Times 12/30/2020
4/5
In "Hold Me Back" [Non] shows that she can be both the ingenue audiences have come to love and an experienced actor able to carry a film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Akiko Oku

Director

Akiko Ohku

Director

Rena Nônen

Mitsuko

Kento Hayashi

Tada-kun

Asami Usuda

Nozomi-san

Tomoya Maeno

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Hold Me Back

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Movie Info

Director
Akiko Oku, Akiko Ohku
Producer
Takuro Nagai, Yusaku Nakajima, Yoshitaka Yano
Screenwriter
Akiko Oku
Production Co
Nikkatsu, Riki Project
Genre
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 13m