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Unrequited Love

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2016 | 123 min | Romance

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 2 hr 3 min.
What might put you off
It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Childhood best friends. Cousins. Housemates. Coworkers. Eight stories of unrequited love, eight sets of people who weren't meant to be together. Several short films put together under the common theme of One Sided Love: ***My Nickname is Butatchi ***Something Blue ***Asahan no Yuge ***Kataomoi Supairaru ***Usotsuki no Koi ***Ibu no Okurimono ***Radio Personality ***Boku no Sabotin

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    Not enough engagement data yet

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Cast & crew

Directed by Ken Iizuka, Takayuki Takuma, Koto Nagata, Keinosuke Hara, Michihito Fujii, Santa Yamagishi, Hidehiro Ito

  • Taishi NakagawaSatake
  • Sairi ItoNomura (Butatchi)
  • Miku UeharaKanzaki
  • Erika Mori
  • Dori Sakurada
  • Yoji Tanaka
  • Alice HiroseNozomi
  • Takumi SaitohShinichi
  • JiyoungSoyeon
  • Aimi Satsukawa