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A Family of Lovers: Melting and Wetting

2008 · 60 min
2.0 / 10 · TMDB

Tomomi moved from Osaka to Tokyo to study at a video school, but instead she became a hostess at a cabaret club continuing her relationship with her unemployed gigolo boyfriend Akira. One day, she received a call from her mother Tatsuko, who lives in Osaka. Her divorced father Rokuzo was released from prison after six months and was heading to Tokyo. After being released, he visited Tatsuko and declared that he would start afresh in Tokyo opening a takoyaki shop. Rokuzo broke into Tomomi apartment while she was out and found her club. Tomomi couldn't hide her surprise when her father came as a customer. Rokuzo hits it off with Erika, the number one at the club, and spends the night at her apartment. The next day, Rokuzo goes to the motorboat racetrack to raise funds to open a takoyaki shop and asks Tomomi to lend him some money, but she refuses. Meanwhile, Tatsuko becomes immersed in the world of SM with Tsutomu, a customer at the bar and decides to remarry...

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Original Title 好きもの家系 とろけて濡れる
Year 2008
Country Japan
Director Shigeo Moriyama
Runtime 60 min.
Rating TMDB: 2.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative on the clash between naive dreams of a fresh start and the gritty reality of Tokyo's underworld, using a family conflict to explore human stubbornness and the lure of quick fixes.

What lingers after viewing is a raw, clinging drama of shattered illusions and bizarre family bonds, where the desire for change wrestles with the force of habit. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Shigeo Moriyama

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Watch late at night, prepared for a slow, almost documentary-like immersion into a marginal world.

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