Drama · Japan · 2016 · 1h 1m

The Seaside Ballad

シーサイドバラッド

Director

Cast

Sui as Akira Fujimoto Kojiro Iida as Yoshio Tezuka Masamitsu Kani as Hiroo Yamane Misa Wada as Hidemi Ishimori Hideki Tachibana as Moro Mizuki Kei-chan as Tadashi Kakuta

Crew

Masakazu Sô — Director of Photography Sen Arima — Editor Ippei Yogo — Original Music Composer Yoshikazu Katō — Screenplay Hajime Hikki — Screenplay

Synopsis

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.

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