Unloved

2001 film

For other uses, see Unloved (disambiguation).

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 (2001-05-25) (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

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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

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

## Reception

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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

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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.

## External links

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* Unloved at IMDb

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