Love Life

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Love Life

2023

2h 3m

Drama

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39 Reviews

94%

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Taeko and her husband Jiro are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.

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Critics Consensus

Nuanced performances and patient, perceptive direction infuse Love Life with a poignant perspective on familial love and the secrets that can endanger it.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Sep 17, 2023

3/5

It’s a solid, sensitively handled study of the aftermath of a trauma, elevated by tricky, unexpected revelations about Park.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Aug 29, 2023

It mixes the mundane with the inexplicable, and empathy with alienation, to nuanced, if never fully stirring effect.

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Marya E. Gates

RogerEbert.com

Aug 11, 2023

3.5/4

[Kōji Fukada] leaves them and the audience on an uncertain note, contemplating what might come next

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Yasmin Kleinbart

InBetweenDrafts

Apr 14, 2026

8/10

Thanks to its ensemble and stunning use of camerawork and blocking, Love Life is another excellent addition to a filmography of longing.

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William Stottor

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

Sep 3, 2024

4/5

Fukada's latest is a haunting, spellbinding depiction of severe, inescapable grief.

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Daniel Allen

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jul 25, 2024

3/5

Koji Fukada’s Love Life is a Japanese family melodrama with decent performances but also inconsistent moments that leave you feeling a little cold.

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Stephen p

Aug 28, 2023

Complex relationships are resolved painfully, but with love always leading the way...

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 21, 2026

Love Life = a *4.5* star Movie!

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Synopsis

Taeko and her husband Jiro are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.

Director: Koji Fukada
Producer: Takaya Kano
Screenwriter: Koji Fukada
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co: Mam Film, Doco Digital
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 11, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 2h 3m

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