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Calmi Cuori Appassionati
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Wikipedia article
'Calmi Cuori Appassionati' ( aka 'Reisei to Jnetsu no Aida'; lit. "Between Calmness and Passion") is a 2001 Japanese movie directed by Isamu Nakae, starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Kelly Chen. It is a love story about two students who met at an art college in Japan. The film is based on a 1999 novel which was a best seller in Japan. 'Calmi Cuori Appassionati' was a hit, becoming the 8th highest-grossing film in Japan of 2001.
The title tune is "Wild Child" from the album 'A Day Without Rain' by Enya. An album of Enya's songs used in the film was released in 2001 as 'Themes from Calmi Cuori Appassionati'.
Plot
Living in Florence, Italy, Junsei Agata is studying to be a restoration expert who specializes in fine art. He feels life is empty. He clings to the memory of Aoi, a girl from school. One day, he learns Aoi is in Milan and finds she lives with a wealthy American businessman. He finds she lives in a different world and runs back to Japan.
Junsei remembers a 10-year promise. When he was a college student in Japan, he made a promise with Aoi to meet on the top of the Duomo in Florence on her 30th birthday. He hangs on to one slight hope that Aoi must have remembered the promise. He decides to return to Florence to prove the love between him and Aoi is true.
Cast
* Yutaka Takenouchi as Agata Junsei
* Kelly Chen as Aoi
* Roberto Brunetti as Luca
* Valeria Cavalli as Giovanna
* Luciano Federico as Angelo
* Silvia Ferreri as Daniela
* Arnoldo Fo as The Restorer
* Reona Hirota as Asami
* Nana Katase
* Hisanori Koshimizu
* Tatsuo Matsumura as Seiji Agata
* Ryta Matsushima
* Marisa Merlini as Gina
* Shinya Owada as Kiyomasa Agata
* Kenichi Sano
* Ysuke Santamaria as Takashi
* Kippei Shiina as Takanashi
* Ryoko Shinohara as Memi
* Sansei Shiomi as The Lawyer
* Michael Wong as Marvin Lai
Reception
The film opened at number one at the Japanese box office with an opening weekend gross of 279 million Yen ($2.3 million). It remained number one for a second week.
Award Nominations
'2002 Awards of the Japanese Academy'
* Nomination - Best Actor - Yutaka Takenouchi
* Nomination - Best Cinematography - Toyoshi Tsuda
* Nomination - Best Lighting - Minoru Kawai
Notes
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