A Fool's Love (2024)

  • R15+
  • 11/29/2024 (JP)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 46m

Adapted from the novel "Chijin no Ai" (痴人の愛) by Tanizaki Junichiro (谷崎潤一郎).

Overview

Kawai Joji, an aspiring screenwriter who has won a screenplay competition but has yet to make his professional debut, meets a beautiful woman, Naomi, in a rundown bar one day. Naomi says she is working at the bar while aiming to become an actress. On another day, Joji is asked by his screenplay instructor if he would like to write a screenplay for a film based on Tanizaki Junichiro's "A Fool's Love" on his behalf. Joji is determined to succeed this time, but struggles to write the script. Meanwhile, Joji meets Naomi again, and the two of them quickly become closer, but...

Kishū Izuchi

Director

Kaori Kotani

Writer

Junichirō Tanizaki

Novel

Cast

Shima Onishi's headshot

Shima Onishi

Kawai Joji
Sena Natsuki's headshot

Sena Natsuki

Naomi
Shiori Doi's headshot

Shiori Doi

Shimamura Mayuko
Shunsuke Sato's headshot

Shunsuke Sato

Yohei Shibayama's headshot

Yohei Shibayama

Takehiro Murata's headshot

Takehiro Murata

Tubaki
Miyoko Yoshimoto's headshot

Miyoko Yoshimoto

Bar mom
Hiroko Nakajima's headshot

Hiroko Nakajima

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