Unloved
IMDb ID: tt0304874 · Year: 2002 · Rating: 6.8 (156 votes)
Genres: Drama
Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickl...
Stars
Yōko Moriguchi
Tōru Nakamura
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Atsushi Mochida
Jun Matsumoto
Shiho Kawakami
Mayumi Okusawa
Daisuke Negishi
Tsuyoshi Mikami
Yuki Umoto
Writers
Kunitoshi Manda
Tamami Manda
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Yōko Moriguchi | Character: Mitsuko Kageyama
Actor: Tōru Nakamura | Character: Eiji Katsuno
Actor: Shunsuke Matsuoka | Character: Hiroshi Shimokawa
Actor: Atsushi Mochida | Character: Actor
Actor: Jun Matsumoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Shiho Kawakami | Character: Actress
Actor: Mayumi Okusawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Daisuke Negishi | Character: Actor
Actor: Tsuyoshi Mikami | Character: Actor
Actor: Yuki Umoto | Character: Actress
Actor: Hiromi Watanabe | Character: Actress
Actor: Yukinori Futamura | Character: Actor
Actor: Wataru Ōishi | Character: Actor
Actor: Masashi Sasaki | Character: Actor
Actor: Shiori Isono | Character: Actress
Actor: Rumi Sasada | Character: Actress
Actor: Aki Kudō | Character: Actress
Actor: Michiyo Fujishiro | Character: Actress
Actor: Shōya Shiba | Character: Actor
Actor: Yōsei Matsumura | Character: Actor
Actor: Ken Yasui | Character: Actor
Actor: Akihiro Sasaki | Character: Actor
Actor: Shin'ichirō Takenaka | Character: Actor
Actor: Yūji Iwase | Character: Actor
Actor: Kei Funada | Character: Actor
Actor: Mari Kajiwara | Character: Actress
Actor: Shōichi Akanuma | Character: Actor
Actor: Takashi Mitouchi | Character: Actor
Actor: Yūka Urabe | Character: Actress
Actor: Kasumi Iwai | Character: Actress
Actor: Kayoko Chiba | Character: Actress
Actor: Mikan Hagiwara | Character: Actress
Actor: Hiroko Tsuzuki | Character: Actress
Actor: Satomi Takebayashi | Character: Actress
Actor: Kanji Tei | Character: Actor
Actor: Tadaaki Nakaie | Character: Actor
Actor: Shin'ya Shomogasa | Character: Actor
Actor: Shigemi Shiba | Character: Actress
Actor: Masumi Shiba | Character: Actress
Actor: Asae Shiba | Character: Actress
Actor: Hiroko Muraki | Character: Actress
Actor: Misa Muraki | Character: Actress
Actor: Keiko Nakamura | Character: Actress
Actor: Yoshiko Arai | Character: Actress
Actor: Kanako Arai | Character: Actress
Actor: Erika Hayashi | Character: Actress
Actor: Miki Araki | Character: Actress
Actor: Kaede Araki | Character: Actress
Actor: Aoi Araki | Character: Actress
Actor: Retsu Nakamira | Character: Actor
Actor: Miyako Nakamura | Character: Actor
Actor: Morisawa Tōru | Character: Actor
Actor: Yasuhiro Yamamoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Mayumi Yamamoto | Character: Actress
Actor: Emi Shinagawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Saki Nakazawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Shun Kajiwara | Character: Actor
Actor: Saki Noda | Character: Actress
Actor: Yukiyo Hasaba | Character: Actress
Actor: Masumi Saitō | Character: Actress
Actor: Yumiko Shirai | Character: Actor
Actor: Yukari Ōsawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Tarō Suwa | Character: Owner of restaurant
Actor: Miki Sanjō | Character: Anzai
[Directors Group]
Name: Kunitoshi Manda | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Kunitoshi Manda | Role: Writer
Name: Tamami Manda | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Takenori Sentō | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Kenji Kawai | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Akiko Ashizawa | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Shūichi Kakesu | Role: Editor
[Sound Department]
Name: Masaji Hosoi | Role: Sound Department
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Yoshiko Ōsawa | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304874/videogallery/
Release Schedule
United States: October 6, 2001 (Chicago International Film Festival)
United States: November 5, 2001 (AFI Fest)
Germany: April 2002 (Nippon Connection Film Festival)
Spain: May 10, 2002
Japan: May 25, 2002
Germany: October 31, 2002
Italy: February 8, 2005 (TV premiere)
South Korea: May 24, 2006
Awards
Winner | 2003 | Japanese Professional Movie Awards | Japanese Professional Movie Award | Best Actress | Yōko Moriguchi, Unloved
Winner | 2003 | Japanese Professional Movie Awards | Japanese Professional Movie Award | Best Director | Kunitoshi Manda, Unloved | Tied with Akihiko Shiota for Harmful Insect (2001).
Nominee | 2001 | AFI Fest | Grand Jury Prize | Kunitoshi Manda, Unloved
Nominee | 2001 | Chicago International Film Festival | Gold Hugo | New Directors Competition | Kunitoshi Manda, Unloved
Winner | 2001 | Cannes Film Festival | Grand Golden Rail | Kunitoshi Manda, Unloved
Box Office
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