A Fool's Love (2024)

6.0/10 106 min Drama Romance

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...

Cast

Shima Onishi

Kawai Joji

Sena Natsuki

Naomi

Shiori Doi

Shimamura Mayuko

Takehiro Murata

Tubaki

Miyoko Yoshimoto

Bar mom

Hiroko Nakajima

Yohta Kawase

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Junko Maru

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