The Liar and His Lover (2013)
Kanojo wa uso o aishisugiteiru
117 min
Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular band "Crude Play," but right after the band decides to make their major record debut Aki quits the band. But, Aki provides his music to Crude Play under the name of producer Soichiro. Aki begins to date Riko, whose father runs a fruit and vegetable shop. Riko doesn't know about Aki's background, but she likes to listen to him hum. Riko is in a band herself, with childhood friend Yuichi and Sota. One day she is scouted by producer Soichiro.
- Release date
- December 14, 2013
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Trailer
Cast
- Takeru Satoh as Aki
- Sakurako Ohara as Riko
- Shôhei Miura as Shun Sakaguchi
- Masataka Kubota as Shinya Shinohara
- Kôki Mizuta as Kaoru Ono
- Kôdai Asaka as Teppei Yazaki
- Ryô Yoshizawa as Yuichi Kimijima
- Yûki Morinaga as Sota Yamazaki
- Mitsuki Tanimura as Miwako Nagahama
- Saki Aibu as Mari
- Takashi Sorimachi as Soichiro Takagi
- Ryûto as young Aki Ogasawara
- Kôta Fudauchi
- Maxwell Powers as Master of Ceremonies
Crew
- Norihiro Koizumi · Director
- Kotomi Aoki · Writer
- Norihiro Koizumi · Writer
- Tomoko Yoshida · Writer
- Kazuyoshi Ishida · Producer
- Ken Tsuchiya · Producer
- Taisei Iwasaki · Composer
- Hiro'o Yanagida · Cinematographer
- Hiroaki Morishita · Editor