A Fool's Love
2024 · 1h 46m · Drama, Romance
Skip it unless you're a die-hard fan of introspective Japanese romance dramas—the premise of an aspiring screenwriter struggling to adapt a classic while falling for an actress feels more like a creative writing exercise than a fully realized film, and the cliffhanger ending suggests unresolved emotional payoff.
Plot
Kawai Joji, an aspiring screenwriter who has won a screenplay competition but has yet to make his professional debut, meets a beautiful woman, Naomi, in a rundown bar one day. Naomi says she is working at the bar while aiming to become an actress. On another day, Joji is asked by his screenplay instructor if he would like to write a screenplay for a film based on Tanizaki Junichiro's "A Fool's Love" on his behalf. Joji is determined to succeed this time, but struggles to write the script. Meanwhile, Joji meets Naomi again, and the two of them quickly become closer, but...
Director: Kishū Izuchi
Cast: Shima Onishi, Sena Natsuki, Shiori Doi, Shunsuke Sato, 柴山庸平