2022 · drama · grief · family
Love Life
Directed by Koji Fukada2h 3m2022
Taeko and her husband, Jirō, are living a peaceful existence with her young son, Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.
Our read: Love Life (2022) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · grief · family entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / grief, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
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