Isabel Coixet claims that she came up with the idea of Rinko Kikuchi's character while promoting The Secret Life of Words (2005) in Tokyo. Coixet was taking pictures during a walk through the city. She arrived at a fish market and tried to take one of a girl who was cleaning fish. The girl refused to get photographed, so Coixet started imagining possible reasons for that refusal. See more »
Goofs
After David joins Ryu at the Love Hotel after cutting his hand, Rinko Kikuchi (Ryu) is laying on a couch. Her shoulder is covered in the two close ups but largely uncovered after the cut where the camera is further from her. See more »
Crazy Credits
After the final credits there's a short scene with the mysterious plant person in the subway tunnel. See more »
I found this movie more sad than interesting. The girl is slender and has nice bangs so I would nail her, but no more than that because it make no sense really.
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I found this movie more sad than interesting. The girl is slender and has nice bangs so I would nail her, but no more than that because it make no sense really.