2016 · drama · biography · history
Loving (2016)
Directed by Tsukuru Matsuki48m2016
Mysterious transfer student Mitsukuni Naruto (Ryo Narita) appears in front of Koizumi (Akari Hayami). Koizumi and Mitsukuni have different opinions about ramen which leads them into arguments. They decide to have a battle over who has a deeper love of ramen. --asianwiki
Our read: Loving (2016) (2016) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, grounded drama · biography · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, slow-burn, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- slow-burn
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