{"product_id":"4907953243194","title":"Japanese TV Series - Koibito - Japan DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapanese TV Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 24 hours before the wedding. A night when lovers dance in each other’s arms, marking the end of their youth.\n\n\u003cspecifications\u003e\nJapan \/ Standard \/ Black-and-White \/ 70 minutes \/ Single-sided, single-layer \/ 1 disc \/ Japanese: Dolby Digital 2-channel Mono\n\n*Product specifications are subject to change.\n\n■Kon Ichikawa’s early masterpiece, which depicts the subtle emotional fluctuations of a man and a woman throughout the day before their wedding and shines with its lighthearted direction and refined visual style, is now available on DVD in an HD-remastered edition.\n\n■The film is structured as a coming-of-age drama, capturing the events of just one day—the night before the wedding—while incorporating the cityscapes and customs of postwar Tokyo, including Ginza.\n\n■Enjoy the origins of Kon Ichikawa’s signature delicate direction, which brings the characters’ emotional shifts to life through casual conversations and subtle gestures\n\n■Screenwriters Natsuto Wada and Kon Ichikawa adapted Haruo Umeda’s radio drama “The Eve of Marriage” for the screen, infusing it with witty dialogue and nuanced psychological portrayals\n\n■ Ryo Ikebe plays a young man spending a day with his childhood friend, who is about to get married. He captivates the audience with a melancholic performance that conveys the taciturn young man’s fluctuating emotions\n\n■ Asami Kuji delicately portrays the subtle emotions of a woman on the verge of marriage. Through her gaze, facial expressions, and timing, she delivers a “subtle, evocative performance” that, combined with Kon Ichikawa’s nuanced direction, evokes a new image of postwar women\n\n■Tadashi Hattori, who composed the score, uses modern melodies inspired by jazz and Western music to lightheartedly envelop the young lovers’ romance set in postwar Tokyo.\n\n■A gem of a romance film that depicts the subtle shifts in the emotions of a male and female childhood friends over the course of just one day—the eve of their wedding—it stands as a masterpiece of urban romance and a representative work of Shin Toho’s literary film series.\n\n■First released in 1951\u003c\/specifications\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kokusai Hoso, Firecracker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53485799506209,"sku":"4907953243194","price":39.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/4907953243194.jpg?v=1789046596","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-ca\/products\/4907953243194","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}