The Upcoming Manga Adaptations! In the wake of her grandmother’s death, Tsugumi Dozono, who used to work at a large electronics company in Tokyo, decides to move to the home her grandmother left behind in the countryside, and work from home. One day, a mysterious middle-aged man named Jun Kaieda arrives at the home wanting to stay the night. He tells Tsugumi that he is her grandmother’s ex-student and her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house. Tsugumi doesn’t quite understand the nature of the relationship Kaieda had with her grandmother, but the two begin living together in an awkward arrangement. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Otoko no Isshou" by Nishi Keiko. Edit Translation
- English
- Español
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Native Title: 娚の一生
- Also Known As: Lifetime of a Man , A Man's Life , Otoko no Isshou ,
- Screenwriter: Saito Hiroshi
- Director: Hiroki Ryuichi
- Genres: Romance, Life, Drama
Cast & Credits
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![Eikura Nana in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)]( "Eikura Nana in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)")
Eikura Nana Main Role -
![Toyokawa Etsushi in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)]( "Toyokawa Etsushi in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)")
Toyokawa Etsushi Main Role -
![Mukai Osamu in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)]( "Mukai Osamu in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)")
Mukai OsamuNakagawa ToshioSupport Role -
![Ochiai Motoki in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)]( "Ochiai Motoki in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)")
Ochiai MotokiTomono TakahiroSupport Role -
![Tokui Yu in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)]( "Tokui Yu in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)")
Tokui YuTamioSupport Role -
![Kino Hana in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)]( "Kino Hana in Her Granddaughter Japanese Movie (2015)")
Kino HanaSakata KayoSupport Role
Reviews
If you want a romantic movie this is not it
After reading the plot I thought it was very weird and interesting. Because it is a movie and not a whole drama, I thought I should give it a try. I read the comments, so I was a little prepared.First of all, it was a little weird and awkward movie indeed. I mean, a stranger comes to your grandma's house and claims to be her student, but he also has a key from the house and you take him in although he is just a stanger to you? Many things could go wrong starting this way. Fortunately, they didn't. He wasn't a pervert or murderer.
Also, right from the start, he stayed in a different part of the house which was good and safer for the female lead, but he was behaving like the man of the house. They ate together the food she cooked, he gave her his laundry and he asked her to do things for him like a husband would do. He also stated many times that he would marry her, without her permission or acceptance. I don't find it very romantic...
Their relationship was nonexistant from the start to almost the end. Emotions were not expressed through words from the start to almost the end. If you have imagination you could guess that some actions in the second half of the movie were because of affection or love or just care. For the most part they were not even talking to each other.
This was such a quiet movie, filled with silence, which didn't help me understand what was happening. If I use my imagination I can understand that this was a quiet love, but I think it was almost mute. They didn't properly show affection to each other. The age gap between them was huge, but I wouldn't mind it so much if I saw the romance between them. It was like he came to the house and became possesive. Suddenly he wants to marry her and the viewer doesn't know how or why.In the end the care or romance between them starts to show a little.
I would say that this movie is about a love story from the past, when love was not expressed very much. It was a very introverted love. I still am not sure about female lead's feelings. I felt that she was just lonely and disappointed from love, but although she waited for male lead to come back at the end, I am not sure if it was because of her love for him or because she was left alone.
I don't think the movie is bad, but I definitely think that I don't like so slow and silent romantic movies that barely have any romantic gestures and by the end of it I am not sure if I saw a romantic movie. I don't like the very romantic, cheesy and unrealistic ones either but this was not even enough.
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