Lost Paradise

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Lost Paradise

"Rather lovers in hell than alone in heaven."

1997

1h 59m

6.0(26 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Koji Yakusho

Shoichiro Kuki

Hitomi Kuroki

Rinko Matsubaro

Akira Terao

Kinugawa

Toshio Shiba

Haruhiko Matsubara

Tomoko Hoshino

Fumie Kuki

Yoshino Kimura

Chika

Kazuya Kosaka

Suzuki

Morio Agata

Yokoyama

Kenjirou Ishimaru

Muramatsu

Chiaki Hara

Ms. Miyata

Creative team

Directed by: Yoshimitsu Morita
Written by: Tomomi Tsutsui
Produced by: Masato Hara
Masao Nagai

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