Falling into the Evening (1998)
Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she caused during a shoot for a commercial in which Kengo's good friend, Shibata, nearly lost his life. The memory of this event weighs heavily on Rica's conscience. One night Kengo tells Rica that he has fallen in love with a charming but inscrutable woman named Hanako.
Director:
Naoe Gozu
Writer:
Naoe Gozu
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Tomoyo Harada as Rika Tsubota |
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Atsuro Watabe as Kengo Yabuuchi |
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Miho Kanno as Hanako Nezu |
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Sayuri Kokusho as Ryoko |
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Ren Osugi as Nakajima |
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Midori Kiuchi as Ryka's Mother |
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Katsuhiko Hibino as Mr. Shigefuji |
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Miwa Kawagoe as Akiko |
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Tadanobu Asano as |
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Kiichi Nakai as Shibata |
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Tokimasa Tanabe as |
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Nobuto Okamoto as |
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Satomi Achiwa as Beautician |
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Kikuko Hashimoto as |
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Fuyuki Murakami as |
| Directing | Naoe Gozu | Director |
| Camera | Masao Nakabori | Director of Photography |
| Art | Mayumi Tomita | Art Direction |
| Production | Hisao Nabeshima | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Tomoyo Oshima | Editor |
| Directing | Tomoki Sano | Assistant Director |
| Production | Hisashi Tôma | Producer |
| Production | Naoe Gozu | Producer |
| Lighting | Fumio Maruyama | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Kaori Ekuni | Original Story |
| Sound | Yukie Nishimura | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Naoe Gozu | Screenplay |
| Sound | Eiji Kimura | Sound Recordist |