Love Life

Released Aug 11, 2023

2h 3m

Drama

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Taeko and her husband Jiro are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.

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Critics Consensus

Nuanced performances and patient, perceptive direction infuse Love Life with a poignant perspective on familial love and the secrets that can endanger it.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

It’s a solid, sensitively handled study of the aftermath of a trauma, elevated by tricky, unexpected revelations about Park.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 17, 2023

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

It mixes the mundane with the inexplicable, and empathy with alienation, to nuanced, if never fully stirring effect.

Aug 29, 2023

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Marya E. Gates

RogerEbert.com

[Kōji Fukada] leaves them and the audience on an uncertain note, contemplating what might come next

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 11, 2023

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Ezequiel Boetti

Otroscines.com

While some situations are perhaps a bit forced, they still don't make a dent on a film who's effect is a kick in the soul, a blow to the heart. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 20, 2024

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Hannah Brown

Jerusalem Post

Love Life isn’t an easy film to watch, because much of it is simply so deeply sad, but it is moving and doesn’t go for neat resolutions.

Oct 11, 2023

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Stephanie Bunbury

Deadline Hollywood Daily

As a melodrama that has been normalized, it may be turned down way too low for some audiences... But for those of us who love silent family dramas where even eating noodles becomes a meaningful act, Love Life makes Koji Fukada a director to watch.

Sep 26, 2023

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Stephen p

Complex relationships are resolved painfully, but with love always leading the way...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Koji Fukada

Director

Fumino Kimura

Taeko

Kento Nagayama

Jiro

Atomu Sunada

Shinji

Hirona Yamazaki

Risa

Misuzu Kanno

Akie

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Synopsis

Taeko and her husband Jiro are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.

Director: Koji Fukada
Screenwriter: Koji Fukada
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co: Mam Film, Doco Digital
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 11, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 2h 3m

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