Blindly in Love

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Movie: Blindly in Love (English title) / Love of a Son who is in the Box (literal title)
Romaji: Hakoiri Musuko no Koi
Japanese: 箱入り息子の恋
Director: Masahide Ichii
Writer: Masahide Ichii, Takahiro Tamura
Producer: Chikako Nakabayashi, Yumiko Takebe
Cinematographer: Daiske Soma
Assistant Director: Hiroshi Soejima
World Premiere: April 28, 2013 (Jeonju International Film Festival)
Release Date: June 8, 2013
Runtime: 117 min.
Production Company: Kino Films
Distributor: Kino Films
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

35-year-old Kentaro (Gen Hoshino) is a social misfit and has never dated a woman in his life. He lives with his parents and holds a modest job in city hall. Kentaro doesn't have any friends, nor received a promotion in 13 years at his place of work. His parents worry about Kentaro being single for the rest of his life. They then go to a parental matchmaking event, hoping to find a woman to introduce to their son.

During the meeting, Kentaro's parents has only one other couple approach. The father is Akita Imai (Ren Osugi) and his wife (Hitomi Kuroki). They exchange profiles of their children. Kentaro's parents are impressed with the Imai's beautiful daughter Naoko (Kaho). Meanwhile, Akita Imai is the president of a successful company and, after reading Kentaro's bio, believes he is beneath their daughter. The Imais leave, only saying thank you. They also don't reveal to Kentaro's parents that Naoko is blind.

Kentaro and Naoko will soon experience love for the first time, but will it be fleeting?

Cast



Gen Hoshino	Kaho	Sei Hiraizumi	Ryoko Moriyama	Ren Osugi
Kentaro Amanoshizuka	Naoko Imai	Toshi Amanoshizuka	Kentaro's mom	Akita Imai



Hitomi Kuroki	Honoka Ishibashi	Shuntaro Yanagi	Miyako Takeuchi	Kanji Furutachi
Naoko's mom	Kentaro's co-worker	Kentaro's co-worker	bold middle-aged woman	Kentaro's boss

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Film Festivals

2013 (14th) Jeonju International Film Festival - April 25-May 3, 2013 - Cinema Palace *World Premiere
2013 (37th) Montreal World Film Festival - August 22-September 2, 2013 - Focus on World Cinema
2014 (27th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 23-31, 2014 - Special Program
2015 (15th) Nippon Connection - June 2-7, 2015 - Nippon Cinema *German Premiere

Comments

jhesse mylle Sep 27 2017 11:09 am I laughed and cried to much with this movie! If you doubt the best Japanese movie I've watched......

Watanabe Apr 01 2017 12:12 pm I'm over 40 and I live exactly as Kentaro does :D It was fun watching and rooting for Kentaro and Naoko to be together. Kaho is beautiful.

lesle Feb 01 2015 8:27 pm The Plot description asks, "Kentaro and Naoko will soon experience love for the first time, but will it be fleeting?" Answer: Not fleeting, but impactful, particularly for Kentaro. It's a hard way to learn Braille, but he's game.

I cried, I choked up, I laughed, and I'm a guy. Watch this film!

ininomiya Apr 27 2013 3:22 am waaa.. I hope I can see this movie.. Kaho~

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