Comedy ·Drama ·Romance · Japan · 1992 · 1h 43m

Twinkle

きらきらひかる

Twinkle poster
Director
Jōji Matsuoka
Cast
Hiroko Yakushimaru as Shoko Koyama Etsushi Toyokawa as Mutsuki Kishida Michitaka Tsutsui as Kon Fujishima Kai Ato as Masuyo Iwamoto as Yuriko Kishida Mariko Kaga as Chiaki Koyama
Crew
Norimichi Kasamatsu — Director of Photography Mari Kishi — Editor Masamichi Shigeno — Original Music Composer Jōji Matsuoka — Writer Kaori Ekuni — Novel Shin'ya Kawai — Producer
Synopsis

Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a ‘good’ Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student.

Mood & Themes
japanhusband wife relationshipdouble lifebased on novel or booklove triangleparent child relationshiparranged marriagelovermarriagerestaurantalcoholismfamily relationships
Key Collaborators
Jōji Matsuoka Director Norimichi Kasamatsu Director of Photography Mari Kishi Editor Masamichi Shigeno Original Music Composer Jōji Matsuoka Writer Kaori Ekuni Novel Shin'ya Kawai Producer Haruo Umekawa Producer Tomoki Ikeda Producer Mitsuo Endo Production Design
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