Takeru Satoh (top) and Tao Tsuchiya in a still from The 8-Year Engagement (category IIA, Japanese), directed by Takahisa Zeze.
Takeru Satoh (top) and Tao Tsuchiya in a still from The 8-Year Engagement (category IIA, Japanese), directed by Takahisa Zeze.
Asian cinema: Japanese films
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review | The 8-Year Engagement film review: tear-jerking Japanese romance based on an incredible true story

Soft core porn director turns to romance in this tale of a young man standing by his fiancée, who wakes from a coma with no memories of him. The no-nonsense approach and happy ending are a refreshing change in the genre

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Ben Sin

Updated: 6:02pm, 7 May, 2018

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Takeru Satoh (top) and Tao Tsuchiya in a still from The 8-Year Engagement (category IIA, Japanese), directed by Takahisa Zeze.
Takeru Satoh (top) and Tao Tsuchiya in a still from The 8-Year Engagement (category IIA, Japanese), directed by Takahisa Zeze.
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