
Unrequited Love
Seen it?2016 | 123 min | Romance
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
Trailer
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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