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Love Like the Falling Petals

Original title: Sakura no yôna boku no koibito
  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
964
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Love Like the Falling Petals (2022)
This is the ephemeral love story between Haruto, an apprentice photographer, and Misaki, who develops an incurable disease that causes her to age dozens of times faster than an average person - a fleeting, precious love like falling cherry blossom petals.
Misaki's smile, which Haruto captured on film, will forever live on in his heart - even long after the petals have fallen.
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An aspiring photographer falls in love with a skillful hairstylist. The future stretches before them until a twist of fate threatens their romance.An aspiring photographer falls in love with a skillful hairstylist. The future stretches before them until a twist of fate threatens their romance.An aspiring photographer falls in love with a skillful hairstylist. The future stretches before them until a twist of fate threatens their romance.

  • Director
    • Yoshihiro Fukagawa
  • Writers
    • Keisuke Uyama
    • Tomoko Yoshida
  • Stars
    • Andrew Russell
    • Kento Nakajima
    • Honoka Matsumoto
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    964
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yoshihiro Fukagawa
    • Writers
      • Keisuke Uyama
      • Tomoko Yoshida
    • Stars
      • Andrew Russell
      • Kento Nakajima
      • Honoka Matsumoto
    • 13User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Andrew Russell
    Andrew Russell
    • Takashi
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Kento Nakajima
    Kento Nakajima
    • Harutoo
    Honoka Matsumoto
    Honoka Matsumoto
    • Misaki
    • Director
      • Yoshihiro Fukagawa
    • Writers
      • Keisuke Uyama
      • Tomoko Yoshida
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    User reviews13

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    10akibhasanniloy

    Too sweet.

    It's a totally weepie and weep movie any of you out there. This movie's plot is too unexpected yet it's too sweet to called a romantic movie. First half this movie go with love romantic and some emotional story line but last half, for last half you definitely need tissue paper to wipe up your tears. It tell us about sacrifice, love and pain a one person endure to give best moment to surrounding people. But that person don't want anything in return, that person can sacrifice to see surrounding people happy. If you ask me can I recommend this movie to you?! Obviously I recommend to you no matter which situation you are in it will bring your tears.
    10nurarakovic

    It's amazing

    The acting was really good and the plot of this movie was amazing. It's was really worth my 2 hours of the day. I love how they're showing so many different topics.

    The fear of running out of time, the feeling not to be good enough, the fear of getting older, the fear that if you're not perfect that you will lose the person you love the most, to hurt the one person you love so they can move on from you even tho you love them so much, and more.

    It's amazing how it is connected with the spring and how much you can love a person even tho you just met them! Love like that is precious! And the sad thing about that is that this kind of love is rare nowadays. I hope everyone who hasn't found the one will find them soon. Because everyone deserves to be loved like that. Thank you.
    9KatieDuncan44

    Very emotional movie

    I liked how the main characters encouraged each other. I liked how they started to enjoy each other's company more and more.

    The honest emotions of what happened next and the portrayal of the emotions was very touching and done to really invoke empathy.

    It was really surprising to see what happened and how things progressed.

    Just seeing how things can happen in life and the way love can unfold is something else.

    It's hard to talk about this movie without giving away spoilers.

    The movie's end other than the obvious emotions, I like how it drew from nostalgia and appreciating the other person.
    8AJ_McAninch

    Sweet and Different Love Story

    A very sweet but tragic story with the only ending it could have. Still, there is a beauty and tenderness as well: sometimes love stories do not close the way we want them to, but the power of the love remains. And that's the point. The writing is a bit erratic in places, but the actors, especially the leads, do well with the difficult subject.
    dark-01068

    Powerful emotions with this one

    Much better than i was expecting and surprised me a lot.

    The story is very sad, but also very beautiful!! Man i was crying a little in some scenes.

    The acting is beautiful, congrats to the main couple and everybody else!

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      References Love like the Falling Rain (2020)

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    • Release date
      • March 24, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official Netflix
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Efímera como la sakura
    • Filming locations
      • Tokyo, Japan
    • Production company
      • Toho Studios
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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