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Title
Starting Over
Direction
Takashi Nishihara
Country
Japan




Cast
Mika Akizuki, Nina Endô, Junki Tozuka, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Production
Takashi Nishihara,
Hiroyuki Onogawa
Distribution
Takashi Nishihara
Genre
Drama
Duration
94´
Year
2014
Festivals
Göteborg, Osaka (asian cinema),Tokyo
First showing in
Spain
secció a l´este del edén
Starting Over
Nana lives in the not so glamorous side of Tokyo; the one with dingy apartments, call girl agencies whose clients include married men, and children trying to care for their parents when they can’t even take care of themselves. A student by day and agency girl by night, Nana is emotionally bankrupt between having to watch lonely old men jerk off to her and caring for her cold, indifferent mother. Her only comfort is Marin, her best friend and first love. However the joy of realising that the borders of their feelings for one another transcend friendship is fleeting: one night, after Nana falls asleep, Marin reads online that, in their native Japan, gay marriage and domestic partnerships are not recognised by law. Can they stay together in a world that treats their love as illegitimate?