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The Idiots

2010 · 120 min Romance Drama
10.0 / 10 · TMDB

10 years ago Hide, a college student, meets Yuki Gakuko, an older woman, through work. They become lovers with Hide falling hard for Yuki Gakuko. The following year, Yuki abruptly announces one day that she is going to marry another man. This devastates Hide. Hide eventually finishes college and finds a job, but his yearning for Yuki leads him into depression and alcoholism. Meanwhile, Yuki is involved in a car accident and suffers a life altering injury. Now, 10 years later the two former lovers come across each other once again. They are both shells of their former selves ...

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📋 Film Details

Original Title ばかもの
Year 2010
Country Japan
Genre Romance, Drama
Director Shusuke Kaneko
Runtime 120 min.
Rating TMDB: 10.0/10 (1 votes)

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The director constructs a poignant narrative across two timelines, relying on the quiet erosion of hope rather than dramatic outbursts. It explores the permanence of certain scars and the ghostly presence of first love that defines a life.

What lingers after the final frame is a profound sense of melancholy for paths not taken and the silent understanding between two broken people. It’s a study in emotional residue. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Shusuke Kaneko

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