Summer When My Wife Was in Love

Summer When My Wife Was in Love

Fourth installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love.

2014 · 88 min · Drama, Romance

Imaoka Shinji, one of Japan's best-known adult film directors and The Drudgery Train scriptwriter, tells a couple's secret tale. One day, Koji (Kaneko Noboru)'s wife Kaori (Miyaji Mao) suddenly dies. He learns from the doctor that Kaori was three months pregnant, but Kenji knows it can't be him. Eventually, he discovers an unknown side of Kaori.

Directed by Shinji Imaoka · Written by Shinji Imaoka

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