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Love My Life (manga)
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Wikipedia article
is a 2001 Japanese josei manga by Ebine Yamaji and a 2006 live-action film directed by Kji Kawano based on the manga itself.
'Love My Life' was originally serialized in the josei magazine 'Feel Young', and collected in a single tankbon volume released in September 2001. The single volume has been translated into Mandarin and released by Taiwan Kadokawa and is available internationally on several Asian online shops like YesAsia. The film based on this manga was produced in 2006, and the DVD was released on May 4, 2007 and was released in the United States by Wolfe Video. It was also shown in Los Angeles on December 2, 2007.
Story
Ichiko Izumiya is an eighteen-year-old woman who goes to language school in university and works part-time at a music store. She lives with her father, Housei Izumiya, who translates English novels into Japanese for a living. Her mother died seven years before the story begins. Ichiko also has a girlfriend named Eri Joujima. When she comes out as a lesbian to her father, her father shocks her by telling her that both he and her mother are also gay. They had wanted to raise a child, and had agreed to marry in name to raise a child in Japan, while mutually being in their own relationships. The rest of the story shows Ichiko meeting her parents' lovers, her daily life and love with Eri.
Characters / Cast
Characters in both manga and film, with name of actors in film shown in parenthesis)
*Ichiko Izumiya (Rei Yoshii)
*Eri Joujima (Asami Imajuku)
*Housei Izumiya (Ira Ishida)
*Take-chan (Issei Takahashi)
*Yukako (Kami Hiraiwa)
*Akira (Takamasa Suga)
*Customer at CD Shop (Chiharu Kawai)
*Eri's father (Ken Teraizumi)
*Chinami (Naomi Akimoto)
*Kengo Tachibana (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi)
*Professor Saeko (Miyoko Asada)
*Ichiko's mother (Kyko Koizumi)
See also
*Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
References
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