''Unloved'' is a 2001 Japanese romance film directed by

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, starring

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and Tōru Nakamura. It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the

2001 Cannes Film Festival The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film ''The Son's Room'' by Nanni Moretti. The festival opened with ...

Plot

Mitsuko (Yoko Moriguchi), a young woman, becomes involved with Hiroshi (Shunsuke Matsuoka), a poor young man who lives her downstairs, and Eiji (Tōru Nakamura), a rich entrepreneur.

Cast

as Mitsuko Kageyama *

as Hiroshi Shimokawa * Tōru Nakamura as Eiji Katsumo

Reception

Jonathan Crow of

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gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said, "''Unloved'' is uninvolving and overly talky." David Stratton of the ''

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'' magazine said, " origuchigives a good performance as the exacting heroine, while Nakamura and Matsuoka lend solid support as the two wildly contrasted guys."

References

External links

* 2001 films Japanese romance films 2000s romance films Films scored by Kenji Kawai 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-romance-film-stub