TV DIRECTOR’S MOVIE
STRAWBERRY SONG The Girl I Like
©YOSHIMOTO KOGYO
Notes
This film by up-and-coming playwright and movie director Shinya Tamada is a full-length adaptation of a romantic essay of the same title, written by Akutagawa Prize-winning author Naoki Matayoshi for a special issue of Bessatsu Kadokawa in 2017. Exploring the hesitation and conflict clouding a man’s search for the “ideal woman”, the story
distills romance itself - not relationships- into painful, heartbreaking vignettes. As the dialogue-heavy script unfolds with a remarkably natural feel, the familiar tropes and silly tendencies of “people in love” take on a stark, revealing clarity.
Cast
Daichi Watanabe
Nao
Taiga
Work Data
| Director | Shinya Tamada |
|---|---|
| Written by | Shinya Tamada |
| Country | Japan |
| Year | 2019 |
| Copyright | ©YOSHIMOTO KOGYO |