Love Like the Falling Petals
2022 2h 8m movie Film Japan

Love Like the Falling Petals

桜のような僕の恋人

Synopsis

桜のような僕の恋人

Haruto Asakura falls in love with hairdresser Misaki Ariake and asks her out. Watching Misaki Ariake work hard to achieve what she wants, Haruto Asakura, who almost gave up his dream to become a photographer, begins to pursue his dream again, but Misaki Ariake is diagnosed with a disease that ages her 10x faster than normal.

The 2021–2023 Japan Window

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The 2020s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Love Like the Falling Petals premiered. 539 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.9
TMDB Rating
62
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #707 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (85th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.0 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #291 of 1,933 (top 15%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies TOHO
Runtime 2h 8m
Release Date March 24, 2022
IMDb tt14227972
Official Site www.netflix.com

Themes & Motifs

  • based on novel or book
  • hairdresser
  • photography
  • aging
  • romance
  • love

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