Unloved

Unloved
Unloved
Directed by	Kunitoshi Manda
Written by	Kunitoshi Manda; Tamami Manda
Produced by	Takenori Sento
Starring	Yoko Moriguchi; Shunsuke Matsuoka; Tōru Nakamura
Cinematography	Akiko Ashizawa
Edited by	Shuichi Kakesu
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Release date	May 25, 2001 (Japan);
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Unloved is a 2001 Japanese romance film directed by Kunitoshi Manda, starring Yoko Moriguchi, Shunsuke Matsuoka and Tōru Nakamura. It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

Mitsuko (Yoko Moriguchi), a young woman, becomes involved with Hiroshi (Shunsuke Matsuoka), a poor young man who lives her downstairs, and Eiji (Tōru Nakamura), a rich entrepreneur.

Cast

Yoko Moriguchi as Mitsuko Kageyama
Shunsuke Matsuoka as Hiroshi Shimokawa
Tōru Nakamura as Eiji Katsuno

Reception

Jonathan Crow of Allmovie gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said, "Unloved is uninvolving and overly talky."^[2] David Stratton of the Variety magazine said, "[Moriguchi] gives a good performance as the exacting heroine, while Nakamura and Matsuoka lend solid support as the two wildly contrasted guys."^[3]

References

^ "Parallel section and other prizes". Screen Daily. May 22, 2001.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Unloved (2001)". Allmovie.
^ Stratton, David (May 14, 2001). "Unloved - Film Reviews". Variety.

External links

Unloved at IMDb

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[1] "Parallel section and other prizes". Screen Daily. May 22, 2001.

[2] Crow, Jonathan. "Unloved (2001)". Allmovie.

[3] Stratton, David (May 14, 2001). "Unloved - Film Reviews". Variety.

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