Love Life (2022 film)

Love Life
Love Life
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kōji Fukada
Written by	Kōji Fukada
Produced by	Yasuhiko Hattori; Masa Sawada; Yoshito Oyama;
Starring	Fumino Kimura; Kento Nagayama;
Cinematography	Hideo Yamamoto
Edited by	Kōji Fukada; Sylvie Lager;
Music by	Olivier Goinard; Theme song:; Akiko Yano;
Production; companies	Chipangu; Nagoya Broadcasting Network; Comme Des Cinemas;
Distributed by	Elephant House
Release dates	5 September 2022 (Venice); 9 September 2022 (Japan);
Running time	123 minutes
Countries	Japan; France;
Language	Japanese

Love Life is a 2022 Japanese-French drama film written and directed by Kōji Fukada. Set in contemporary Japan, the film is inspired by song of the same name recorded in the album "Love Life", released by musician Akiko Yano in 1991. It revolves around Taeko and her husband, Jiro facing "love" and "life".^[1]^[2]

The film is selected 'In competition' section of 79th Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for Golden Lion award and had its premiere on 5 September 2022.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Synopsis[edit]

The film follows a married woman, Taeko, who lives happily with her husband, Jiro. She decides to care for long-lost Park, father of her son Keita, when Park reappears deaf, ill, and homeless.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Fumino Kimura as Taeko^[6]
Kento Nagayama as Jirō^[1]
Atom Sunada as Park
Hirona Yamazaki as Yamazaki, Jiro's ex-girlfriend^[7]
Misuzu Kanno as Myoe, Jiro's mother
Tomorowo Taguchi as Makoto
Tetsuta Shimada as Keita, Taeko's son
Mito Natsume as a staff member who works in the same place as Taeko^[8]

Release[edit]

The film had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2022,^[3] and competes for Golden Lion in 'In competition' section.^[9] It was released in Japan on 9 September 2022,^[8] and hold its North American Premiere at 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in 'Contemporary World Cinema' section on 12 September 2022 at Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto.^[10] MK2 Films have taken the distribution rights of the film for Europe in February 2022.^[2] It also made it to 'A Window on Asian Cinema' section of 27th Busan International Film Festival to be screened in October 2022.^[11]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	Venice Film Festival	Golden Lion	Love Life	Pending	^[12]

References[edit]

^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c "Love Life". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b Elsa Keslassy (22 February 2022). "Japanese Drama 'Love Life' From Cannes Prizewinning Koji Fukada Boarded by MK2 Films (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b "La Biennale di Venezia 2022 - Love Life". La Biennale di Venezia. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ Vivarelli, Nick; Ravindran, Manori (26 July 2022). "Venice Lines Up New Movies From Darren Aronofsky, Laura Poitras, Olivia Wilde, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Florian Zeller – Full Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ Roxborough, Scott (26 July 2022). "Venice Festival Picks Marilyn Monroe Drama 'Blonde,' New Timothee Chalamet, Olivia Wilde, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Films". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "木村文乃、矢野顕子の名曲「LOVE LIFE」から着想を得た深田晃司監督作に主演" [Starring in the director Koji Fukada, inspired by Fumino Kimura and Akiko Yano's masterpiece "LOVE LIFE"]. Cinema Cafe (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "新キャスト発表！＆場面写真公開！" [New cast announced! & Scene photo released!]. Love Life official website (in Japanese). Comme Des Cinemas. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b "公開日決定＆追加キャスト発表！" [Release date decided & additional cast announced!]. Love Life official website (in Japanese). Comme Des Cinemas. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (26 July 2022). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: Aronofsky, Inarritu, Field, Dominik, Guadagnino, Hogg, McDonagh, Panahi In Competition". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "Toronto International Film Festival; Contemporary World Cinema: Love Life". Toronto International Film Festival. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "Love Life". Busan International Film Festival. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Venice Film Festival lines up an impressive array of international stars". The Statesman. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

External links[edit]

[motif:eiga-1] Jump up to:^a ^b ^c "Love Life". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[mk2:variety-2] Jump up to:^a ^b Elsa Keslassy (22 February 2022). "Japanese Drama 'Love Life' From Cannes Prizewinning Koji Fukada Boarded by MK2 Films (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[rd:Biennale-3] Jump up to:^a ^b "La Biennale di Venezia 2022 - Love Life". La Biennale di Venezia. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

[4] Vivarelli, Nick; Ravindran, Manori (26 July 2022). "Venice Lines Up New Movies From Darren Aronofsky, Laura Poitras, Olivia Wilde, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Florian Zeller – Full Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[5] Roxborough, Scott (26 July 2022). "Venice Festival Picks Marilyn Monroe Drama 'Blonde,' New Timothee Chalamet, Olivia Wilde, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Films". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[cast:cc-6] "木村文乃、矢野顕子の名曲「LOVE LIFE」から着想を得た深田晃司監督作に主演" [Starring in the director Koji Fukada, inspired by Fumino Kimura and Akiko Yano's masterpiece "LOVE LIFE"]. Cinema Cafe (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[cast:ps-7] "新キャスト発表！＆場面写真公開！" [New cast announced! & Scene photo released!]. Love Life official website (in Japanese). Comme Des Cinemas. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[rd:ps-8] Jump up to:^a ^b "公開日決定＆追加キャスト発表！" [Release date decided & additional cast announced!]. Love Life official website (in Japanese). Comme Des Cinemas. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[9] Tartaglione, Nancy (26 July 2022). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: Aronofsky, Inarritu, Field, Dominik, Guadagnino, Hogg, McDonagh, Panahi In Competition". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[10] "Toronto International Film Festival; Contemporary World Cinema: Love Life". Toronto International Film Festival. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[11] "Love Life". Busan International Film Festival. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

[12] "Venice Film Festival lines up an impressive array of international stars". The Statesman. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

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