Some stories need to be told after they are over. We need to know that all the events are past and gone, in order to feel the same nostalgia as the storyteller. When a story is happening “now,” there is always the possibility of surprise and happiness. But when a story happened “then,” and it is a love story, then even the happy moments feel bittersweet, and of course that is the whole point of the story.Read More »
Yoshio is a man who works for the city’s water department and live with his mother. He regularly visits to the SM Queen Miho, but he still cannot forget the legendary SM Queen Yukiko.Read More »
CS Lewis is the author of the Narnia books – The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Known as Jack, he teaches at an Oxford College, during the 1930’s. An American fan, Joy Gresham, arrives to meet him for tea in Oxford. It is the beginning of a love affair. Tragically Joy becomes terminally unwell and their lives become complicated.Read More »
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Jerry Strong is the son of a rich businessman, but wants to be a painter. He hires Kay Arnold, a good girl with a bad past, as a model. They fall in love, and plan to get married. But Jerry’s parents raise strong objections.Read More »
Annika is a three-part mini-series written and produced by Colin Nutley and Sven-Gösta Holst and televised in 1984. It tells the story of a romance between Pete, an eighteen year old Isle of Wight deck chair attendant (played by Jesse Birdsall) and a Swedish foreign language student, the titular Annika (played by Christina Rignér).Read More »
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One rainy day, a car mechanic Cheol (Shin Seong-il) coincidentally meets Young-hee (Moon Hee) who is a housemaid at the French ambassador’s house. Cheol was a man with great passion for success and introduces himself as the son of a rich businessman and acts as if the luxury sedan belongs to him. Attracted to Cheol, Young-hee introduces herself as the daughter of the French ambassador. They make a promise to date only on rainy days when Young-hee could wear an expensive French raincoat and hide her true identity. However, as the romantic dates on rainy days continue, they fall more deeply in love. At the same time, Young-hee is conscious-stricken by her lies. Finally, she decides to confess everything to Cheol. However, Cheol could not hide his anger and disappointment as his passion and expectation for social success and advancement crumbles into dust.Read More »
The fifty years old Jean-Claude has a boring life, working in a notary office of his own and as court official evicting tenants or seizing properties, or spending the Sundays afternoons in the retirement home with his sour, rude and bitter father. When he has a minor heart problem, his doctor advises him to exercise, and Jean-Claude begins to have tango lessons in a studio in front of his office…Read More »
Another sprawling Nakahira drama detailing the love life of several members of a middle class family.Read More »
