The Lover of My Ex
2016 · 86 min · Drama, Romance
Romance about a woman who wavers between a younger man and her former husband, who wants to rekindle their relationship. Miyaguchi Naomi, a 39-year-old divorcee running a shop that sells rice balls, has been interested in Sota, a handsome young man who visits the shop on a daily basis to buy rice balls. He comes onto her, but one day Naomi happens to meet her former husband Masato. Sota sees her meeting with Masato…
Directed by Satoshi Kaneda · Written by Yoshiyuki Morita
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