Love My Life

2006 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama

3
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 964 964

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Plot summary

Ichiko and Eri are two beautiful Japanese Uni students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian.

Director

Kôji Kawano Photo
Kôji Kawano

Top cast

Rei Yoshii Photo
Rei Yoshii as Ichiko
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Photo
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Kengo Tachibana
Miyoko Asada Photo
Miyoko Asada as Professor Saeko
Naomi Akimoto Photo
Naomi Akimoto as San Senba
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880.59 MB
1280*714
Japanese 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 3
1.6 GB
1920*1072
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by pikachris-2509 4 / 10

Kind of messy

I was well prepared to see this movie: I had watched many Japanese dramas to get used to Japanese acting; but I wasn't prepared for this. The story is far too messy and I didn't see the purpose of many elements during the film. For instance, the punk girl in the music store: they "introduced" her just to make her kiss the protagonist and then she's gone forever. And the cheating is no big deal: "Yeah, I love you so please don't do that again, okay?". What was the point of this character?! Also,the fact that her parents were gay was the pitch of the movie. But it has no influence whatsoever. The whole thing is kind of forgotten for the rest of the movie and the girls keep going on their lives. Again, what was that for?Since I voted just below the average, I must say that I liked the acting and the soundtrack was pretty good, but the story stays an obstacle for me and I probably won't watch it again
Reviewed by Bigprisc 10 / 10

Dealing with the consequence.

Isn't what life is all about? Dealing with decisions made without regret? I don't know about others, but I find this completely refreshing and utterly different from all Western takes on Lesbianism.There isn't one villain in the entire story, all conflicts and all problems are internal, making it completely realistic and real. No one is there to 'seperate' them, but they have to deal with the consequences of leading a gay life.I am Asian, and can completely understand the perils of coming out and frowns of society in Asia.About the story. This is an adaptation from a manga of the same title, Love My Life. It stars Yoshii Rei as Ichiko and Asami Imajuku as Eriko, who are two university students deeply in love. Ichiko decides to come out to her father, and finds out that her parents were both gay, and got married to start a family. This serves as the first consequence of the decision she made.Like in the film, Ichiko narrates that "When you make a decision, you have to deal with the consequence, and it would be like dominoes falling, a chain reaction that seems never ending". She meets her deceased mother's lover, meets her father's lover, meet with the disapproval of Eriko's father and on top of it all, has to deal with school and her job.The cinematographer seems very interested in the voyeuristic aspect of life, as if the audience are a fly on the wall in the everyday lives of Ichiko and Eriko. With this in mind, it doesn't really matter if the lighting is a little off sometimes, or that there are parts that are blown out. Or even if the edits are not too perfect... These are not important stuff. These are minor... The story is the gem...Speaking of story, Manga, though branded a lot of times as juvenile and childish, sometimes has the best stories, they don't have to keep up with pretenses, they tell a story the best way they know how, and this is reflected in this film.Nice, fluffy, realistic, romantic. It doesn't have the melodrama of Western films, doesn't have the angst and problems of other gay (western) films... it has a sincerity that is very rarely reflected even in other Japanese film.I think it is great, and probably if you are not too concerned about it resembling anything like Hollywood or American Independent movies, you will understand the Gem that is hidden away in Little Japan.I give it an excellent grade. And will now go hunt for the manga.
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