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60% Critic Match
Lost Paradise
“Rather lovers in hell than alone in heaven.”
6.0 / 10• 1997• 1h 59m•NR• Japanese
DramaRomance
Storyline
Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.
Cast & Crew
Koji Yakusho
Shoichiro Kuki
Lead
Hitomi Kuroki
Rinko Matsubaro
Akira Terao
Kinugawa
Toshio Shiba
Haruhiko Matsubara
Tomoko Hoshino
Fumie Kuki
Yoshino Kimura
Chika
Kazuya Kosaka
Suzuki
Morio Agata
Yokoyama
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yoshimitsu Morita's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lost Paradise is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
