The Seaside Ballad (2016)
Fujimoto receives a sealed letter from Etsuko, the wife of his lover, Yoshio. It was a sudden obituary that Yoshio, who had been unable to contact him after a petty fight a month ago, died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage. At the gay bar they used to go to, they talk about their memories with master Uehara and regular customer Iwamura. Iwamura invites the grieving Fujimoto to a hotel to comfort him. However, she realizes that Fujimoto's affection for Yoshio is deep, so she gives up and breaks up with him.
Director:
Yoshikazu Katō
Writers:
Yoshikazu Katō, Hajime Hikki.
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Sui as Akira Fujimoto |
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Kojiro Iida as Yoshio Tezuka |
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Masamitsu Kani as Hiroo Yamane |
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Misa Wada as Hidemi Ishimori |
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Hideki Tachibana as Moro Mizuki |
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Kei-chan as Tadashi Kakuta |
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Sho as Shinichi Iwamura |
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Suzutaro Yamazaki as Tetsu Uehara |
| Directing | Yoshikazu Katō | Director |
| Writing | Yoshikazu Katō | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hajime Hikki | Screenplay |
| Camera | Masakazu Sô | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sen Arima | Editor |
| Camera | Akira Honda | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Tetsuya Kobayashi | Sound |
| Directing | Natsu Mizūmi | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yûjirô Ozeki | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Iku Kato | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Minoru Kunizawa | Thanks |
| Crew | Moe Sakura | Thanks |
| Crew | Kōta Fukazawa | Thanks |
| Sound | Ippei Yogo | Original Music Composer |