Film

Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly

1979 · 1h 38m · Drama

IMDb

6.4

Yuichi prides himself on the fact that he is a family man but contrary to his conception of an ideal family life, at age 24, his wife has already run out on him. In utter confusion, he tries to reason out where he had gone amiss that such a thing should happen out of the clear blue sky. About this time, Yuichi helps Ayako, a young girl, embroiled in trouble. She returns Yuichi's kindness by making off with his precious camera. Then she returns and since his wife has washed her hands of him, he forces himself on Ayako who acts as if she had been waiting for him to enter her. Suddenly, Yuichi's wife returns...

Aiko Morishita

Ayako 'Saeko' Taguchi

Eiji Okuda

Yuichi Takagi

Junko Takazawa

Kimie Takagi

Tomohiro Fujiwara

Daisuke Takagi

Morio Kazama

Unno

Sakae Umezu

Hatami

Hiroko Maki

Michiyo

Yoshi Katō

Kunio Takagi

Miyoko Akaza

Kyoko

Tatsuya Hamaguchi

Koji

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Yoshihiro

Akemi Negishi

Mineko Taguchi

Keizo Kanie

Kenji Taguchi

Hajime Nishizuka

The Man in the Apollo Hat

Tayori Hinatsu

Mie

Yuji Yoshikawa

Mrs. A

• Toshiya FujitaDirector
• Tatsuo KobayashiScreenplay
• Akira MiuraProducer
• Yonezō MaedaDirector of Photography
• Kohei ShinozakiOriginal Music Composer
• Osamu InoueEditor

Release date

April 28, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama