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Shitsurakuen

Shitsurakuen

1997Movie⏱️ 1h 59m
DramaRomance
6.6
IMDB Rating
856 votes

Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.

Director
Yoshimitsu Morita
Writers
Kyoko Morinaga, Junichi Watanabe
Stars
Kôji Yakusho, Hitomi Kuroki, Akira Terao
Release Date
May 10, 1997
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 11
Wins
🎯 11
Nominations
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Kôji Yakusho
Kôji Yakusho
as Shoichiro
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Hitomi Kuroki
as Rinko
Akira Terao
Akira Terao
as Kinugawa
Toshio Shiba
Toshio Shiba
as Haruhiko
👤
Tomoko Hoshino
as Fumie
Yoshino Kimura
Yoshino Kimura
as Chika
👤
Kazuya Kosaka
as Suzuki
👤
Morio Agata
as Yokoyama
👤
Kenjirô Ishimaru
as Muramatsu
👤
Chiaki Hara
as Ms. Miyata

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Production
Ace Pictures, Kadokawa Publishing Company, Mitsui Company Ltd.

🏷️ Keywords

midlife crisissecret affairletter of resignationjapanese eroticatoe sucking

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Middle-class's midlife tragedy
by shu-fen2004-04-04
7/10

"The story is adapted from the extremely successful work of the same title by the renowned Japanese writer Junichi Watanabe published in February 1997, sold 2.6 million copies. What's more, "Paradise Lost" (in Japanese) has become a popular buzzword ever after in the Japanese society. The detailed analysis of the love life (or need) of the middle-aged is one of the reasons for the success, another one should be the extensive description of Shoichiro Kuki and Rinko Matsubaro's extremely explicit sexual intercourse. Sex sells well. Seeing the success of the book and the movie..."

📖 Synopsis

Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.