The Brutal Hopelessness of Love (Hito ga hito o ai suru koto no dôshiyô mo nasa )

ATAKASHI ISHII FILM

You OK? They sold you?

Stubborn bitch!

Make her sing!

Go to hell!

Watch out.

Ow!

Dumb ass!

MAI KITAJIMA

KANJI TSUDA

TOSHIYUKI NAGASHIMA

MIKAGE YOZABURO ITO

and NAOTO TAKENAKA

THE BRUTAL HOPELESSNESS OF LOVE

Who are you?

Nami has arrived.

Nami is here.

Is my hair OK?

It's sticking out.

Hold on. Mirror.

Thanks.

Right here. Great.

Thanks.

Where's Okano?

I don't know.

What room?

He's waiting in the control room.

Where is it?

In here.

In here.

What scene is next?

In two hours we'll do the escape.

I'll come get you then.

Come in.

Sorry.

Is this room OK?

It's not really for interviews.

It's fine.

Please.

Sorry to do this while you're filming.

Please.

No problem.

No photos?

We'll take some video this time.

OK.

Here we go.

OK.

Again, I'm Editor Katsuragi.

Let's continue with the interview.

OK.

Last time we covered your debut at 15,

your popularity as a young singer,

and your acting career.

At 24, you married an actor 15 years older.

Yosuke Tsuchiya.

A young actress like you...

marrying a seasoned actor caused...

a media stir.

That's about where we left off.

Yes.

A major star speaking to me openly about her life,

and sharing her personal sexual experiences...

has made me a hero at my company.

I'm embarrassed.

It's OK.

The movie you are shooting today,

what is it about?

Alright.

Go ahead.

It's about an actress.

It's called "Left Alone."

"Left Alone."

An actress believes she's living in a movie.

Hm?

You told me the other day.

Right. The actress thinks reality is a series of movies.

But I'm not playing her now.

I'm doing a story about

an actor couple who break up.

I play a woman named "Kyoko."

And the action scene?

That was from "Blackbird."

So within the movie "Left Alone"...

is the movie "Blackbird."

The scene shows Kyoko acting.

And "What's Going On"?

"What's Going On"?

Oh, that's an erotic piece at the end.

So there are two movies within the movie?

Yes, as films being shot.

And the story of the actress...

Yes, "Left Alone."

Your husband is playing the role of your husband

Quite a hot topic.

They say we're a happy couple,

but my husband cheats, and we often separate.

It happens a lot, right?

Why is that?

We hardly have time to meet.

When we got married, my husband said,

"Go ahead and continue your work. You only live once."

"I'll support you."

He was understanding.

Please continue from there.

One reason I accepted this interview is to...

talk about the issue of male chauvinism.

It is now referred to as

"domestic violence,"

and men still have violent tendencies toward women.

This includes verbal abuse and sexual acts like infidelity.

I feel that it has gotten worse.

Indeed.

One expression of an escape from this...

is the embattled main character, whose name is Kyoko.

You mentioned.

It's seen in her actions.

What actions?

Kyoko has nowhere to go.

In search of freedom, she opens a door to discover a new place.

She finds not an actress, but another self.

She changes into her true self.

It's the story of the true side of an actress.

True side?

Yes. In her crisis, it's not an eye for an eye.

She doesn't have loveless sex with countless men.

That doesn't happen.

It's the opposite.

Meaning...

I'll explain using the script.

Okano?

Okano?

Sorry. The manager has the script.

He knew the time...

He just called and said he had something urgent.

Urgent?

I wonder what.

I've had a chance to read the other scripts.

"What's Going On" and "Blackbird."

There's a lot of narration in the movie.

I think you'd understand it better if...

I explain it to you as you visualize.

Alright.

I play the main character Kyoko.

My husband plays her husband Fujikura.

His lover Ryoko is played by Junko Kotani.

In this scene, Fujikura is in bed with his lover...

while Kyoko is out filming on location.

Kyoko suspected her husband of having an affair with Ryoko,

and when she happened to see an e-mail Ryoko had sent him,

she was almost certain of it.

It was evening, and Kyoko was out filming on location.

Kyoko enters from the garage, holding her bag.

She has removed her shoes, and steps quietly.

She looks around.

The door chain is secured.

Her husband's shoes...

sit next to a woman's shoes.

Kyoko sets her shoes on the floor,

and quietly enters the living room.

On the sofa are a women's scarf and shopping bags.

On the table is some half-drunk wine.

And two glasses.

She hears people arguing upstairs.

Shut up!

No!

Take your clothes off or I'll kill you!

Kyoko heads toward the stairs.

Get undressed!

No! Stop it!

Look, you're on TV!

Stop it, please!

As Kyoko approaches the third-floor bedroom,

the voices get louder.

She realizes the man's voice is Fujikura's.

Stop it! Let go of me!

Shut up or I'll kill you!

Ow! It hurts!

You're not going to shut up, huh?

Get undressed!

I'll turn you into my sex slave!

So you're not wearing panties!

Hold on.

Hey, what are you doing?

You're great. You've nothing to worry about.

Hey.

Do you do this with her too?

My wife? We used to a long time ago.

All night, no matter what.

I'm jealous.

She was able to be an actress because I helped her.

You're so kind.

I once played a character...

who ties up his cheating wife and kills her.

I saw it. "Climax."

I asked her to help me rehearse my part.

She refused?

Yeah, she's squeamish about that kind of stuff.

She bathes alone.

I've never even seen her asshole.

Really?