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Love Life is a 2022 Japanese-French drama film written and directed by Kōji Fukada. Set in contemporary Japan, the film is inspired by song of the same name recorded in the album "Love Life", released by musician Akiko Yano in 1991. It revolves around Taeko and her husband, Jiro facing "love" and "life".[2][3]

Love Life
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kōji Fukada
Written by	Kōji Fukada
Produced by	Yasuhiko Hattori Masa Sawada Yoshito Oyama
Starring	Fumino Kimura Kento Nagayama
Cinematography	Hideo Yamamoto
Edited by	Kōji Fukada Sylvie Lager
Music by	Olivier Goinard Theme song: Akiko Yano
Production companies	Chipangu Nagoya Broadcasting Network Comme Des Cinemas
Distributed by	Elephant House
Release dates	5 September 2022 (2022-09-05) (Venice) 9 September 2022 (2022-09-09) (Japan)
Running time	123 minutes
Countries	Japan France
Language	Japanese
Box office	est. US$17,179[1]

The film was selected 'In competition' section of 79th Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for Golden Lion award and had its premiere on 5 September 2022.[4][5][6]

Synopsis

The film follows a married woman, Taeko, who lives happily with her husband, Jiro. She decides to care for long-lost Park, father of her son Keita, when Park reappears deaf, ill, and homeless.[2]

Cast

• Fumino Kimura as Taeko[7]
• Kento Nagayama as Jirō[2]
• Atom Sunada as Park
• Hirona Yamazaki as Yamazaki, Jiro's ex-girlfriend[8]
• Misuzu Kanno as Myoe, Jiro's mother
• Tomorowo Taguchi as Makoto
• Tetsuta Shimada as Keita, Taeko's son
• Mito Natsume as a staff member who works in the same place as Taeko[9]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2022,[4] and competed for Golden Lion in 'In competition' section.[10] It was released in Japan on 9 September 2022,[9] and held its North American Premiere at 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in 'Contemporary World Cinema' section on 12 September 2022 at Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto.[11] MK2 Films have taken the distribution rights of the film for Europe in February 2022.[3] It also made it to 'A Window on Asian Cinema' section of 27th Busan International Film Festival and was screened in October 6, 2022.[12]

Reception

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 6.50/10.[13]

Guy Lodge of Variety wrote: "While it’s impossible not to be affected at some level by its characters’ hellish plight, the predominant softness of tone here tends toward the wispy."[14] David Ehrlich of IndieWire graded the film with B+ and wrote, "An enormously poignant melodrama told at the volume of a broken whisper, Kōji Fukada’s Love Life represents a major breakthrough for a filmmaker who’s found the perfect story for his probing but distant style."[15]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	Venice Film Festival	Golden Lion	Love Life	Nominated	[16]

References

External links

• Official website
• Love Life at Venice Film Festival
• Love Life at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Love Life (2022)

Love Life (japanisch ラブライフ .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Rabu Raifu, dt.: „Liebesleben“) ist ein Spielfilm von Kōji Fukada aus dem Jahr 2022. Das Beziehungsdrama handelt von einer verheirateten Ehefrau und Mutter, deren Leben auf den Kopf gestellt wird, als ihr verschwundener Ex-Ehemann wieder bei ihr auftaucht. Die Hauptrolle übernahm Fumino Kimura.

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- [en] Love Life (2022 film)

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[it] Love Life (film)

Love Life è un film del 2022 diretto da Kōji Fukada.

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