Film

Kyōkai-sen no mukō-gawa

1998 · 1h 3m · Drama

One day, Hiroshi was helping in an acquaintance's shop and accidentally breaks a jar that cost 1 million yen. Hiroshi can't pay for that and he calls his parents' house as a last resort. He receives news that his father is ill with only 1 year left. Hiroshi wants to make his father happy and decides on a fake marriage. They find a lesbian teacher called Ayako interested in fake marriage on the internet. However, when they go to meet her the angry girlfriend of Ayako called Ami shows up and a man tries to catch Hiroshi for not paying his 1 million yen debt. They steal a van and Ami, Hiroshi and Toshiya drive off in hopes of finding Ayako.

Taishi Takemoto

Hiroshi

Hideki Nishioka

Toshiya

Mayuko Sasaki

Ayako

Myū Asō

Ami, Ayako's girlfriend

Masayoshi Nogami

Old man with umbrella

Kazuhiro Sano

Shinjuku theater owner

Ryuuji Moriyama

Man from gay dating site

Kenichi Kôbe

Peeing middle-aged man

• Ikuyo KoyauchiScreenplay · Director
• Chie ImamuraScreenplay
• Shinji KomadaProducer
• Katsuji OyamadaDirector of Photography
• Shōji SakaiEditor

Release date

October 31, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 3m

Genres

Drama

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