Just Only Love

Just Only Love
Just Only Love
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rikiya Imaizumi
Screenplay by	Rikiya Imaizumi; Kaori Sawai;
Based on	Just Only Love; by Mitsuyo Kakuta
Starring	Yukino Kishii; Ryo Narita; Mai Fukagawa; Ryuya Wakaba;
Cinematography	Hiroshi Iwanaga
Edited by	Takashi Sato
Music by	Gary Ashiya
Distributed by	Elephant House
Release dates	October 28, 2018 (Tokyo International Film Festival); April 2019 (Japan);
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Just Only Love (Japanese: 愛がなんだ, Hepburn: Ai ga nanda; lit. What Is Love?) is a 2018 Japanese romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rikiya Imaizumi. Based on the novel of the same name by Mitsuyo Kakuta, the film stars Yukino Kishii, Ryo Narita, Mai Fukagawa, and Ryuya Wakaba.

The film premiered at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival, and received a theatrical release in Japan in April 2019.

Cast

Yukino Kishii as Teruko Yamada
Ryo Narita as Mamoru Tanaka
Mai Fukagawa as Yoko Sakamoto
Ryuya Wakaba as Sei Nakahara
Noriko Eguchi as Sumire

Reception

James Hadfield of The Japan Times gave the film a score of three out of five stars, calling it "an honest depiction of the vague boundaries of 20-something romance, and takes the time to show its unequal relationships from both sides."

References

↑ "Schedule". Tokyo International Film Festival 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
1 2 Schilling, Mark (18 October 2018). "Your guide to our Japanese film picks at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival". The Japan Times. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
↑ Blair, Gavin J. (24 October 2018). "Why Are Asian Film Fests Dragging Their Feet on Gender Equality?". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
1 2 Nathan, Richard (19 April 2019). "'Just Only Love' the fifth Mitsuyo Kakuta book-to-film adaptation out on general release". Red Circle Authors. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
↑ "【Just Only Love】 | 31st Tokyo International Film Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
↑ Saluveer, Sten-Kristian (1 November 2018). "Filmmaker Rikiya Imaizumi on his Tokyo competition title 'Just Only Love'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hadfield, James (17 April 2019). "'Just Only Love': Looking for romance in all the wrong places". The Japan Times. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

External links

Just Only Love at IMDb

[1] "Schedule". Tokyo International Film Festival 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2021.

[Schilling_2018-2] 1 2 Schilling, Mark (18 October 2018). "Your guide to our Japanese film picks at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival". The Japan Times. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[3] Blair, Gavin J. (24 October 2018). "Why Are Asian Film Fests Dragging Their Feet on Gender Equality?". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[Nathan_2019-4] 1 2 Nathan, Richard (19 April 2019). "'Just Only Love' the fifth Mitsuyo Kakuta book-to-film adaptation out on general release". Red Circle Authors. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[5] "【Just Only Love】 | 31st Tokyo International Film Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[6] Saluveer, Sten-Kristian (1 November 2018). "Filmmaker Rikiya Imaizumi on his Tokyo competition title 'Just Only Love'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[Hadfield_2019-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hadfield, James (17 April 2019). "'Just Only Love': Looking for romance in all the wrong places". The Japan Times. Retrieved 7 May 2021.