Three Stories of Love
Theatrical release poster

Kanji	恋人たち

Revised Hepburn	Koibito-tachi


Directed by	Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
Screenplay by	Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
Produced by	Seigo Fukada Hitoshi Ono Yosuke Hirata Satoshi Aikawa^[1]
Starring	Atsushi Shinohara Tōko Narushima Ryō Ikeda [ja] Tamae Andō [ja] Daisuke Kuroda [ja] Takashi Yamanaka [ja] Chika Uchida [ja] Sō Yamanaka [ja] Lily Franky Hana Kino [ja] Ken Mitsuishi
Cinematography	Shogo Ueno^[1]
Edited by	Ryōsuke Hashiguchi Hitoshi Ono^[1]
Music by	Akeboshi^[1]
Production companies	Shochiku Broadcasting [ja] Arc Films^[1]
Distributed by	Shochiku Broadcasting Arc Films^[2]
Release date	November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Three Stories of Love (恋人たち, Koibito-tachi) is a 2015 Japanese drama film edited, written, and directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi.^[1]^[3]^[4] It was released on November 14, 2015.^[4]

Plot

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Cast

Atsushi Shinohara^[4]
Tōko Narushima^[4]
Ryō Ikeda [ja]^[4]
Tamae Andō [ja]^[4]
Daisuke Kuroda [ja]^[4]
Takashi Yamanaka [ja]^[4]
Chika Uchida [ja]^[4]
Sō Yamanaka [ja]^[4]
Lily Franky^[4]
Hana Kino [ja]^[4]
Ken Mitsuishi^[4]

Reception

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter said that the movie's "sensitive filmmaking communicates the quiet desperation of real-life love."^[1]

At the 37th Yokohama Film Festival, the film was chosen as the second best Japanese film of 2015.^[5] Ryōsuke Hashiguchi won the award for Best Director and Ken Mitsuishi won the award for Best Supporting Actor.^[6]

References

External links

Films directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film
1946–1960	Aru yo no Tonosama (1946) Ima Hitotabi no (1947) Drunken Angel (1948) Late Spring (1949) Until We Meet Again (1950) Repast (1951) Ikiru (1952) An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) Floating Clouds (1955) Mahiru no ankoku (1956) The Rice People (1957) The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Kiku to Isamu (1959) Her Brother (1960)
1961–1980	A Soldier's Prayer (1961) Harakiri (1962) High and Low (1963) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Red Beard (1965) Shiroi Kyotō (1966) Samurai Rebellion (1967) The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) Double Suicide (1969) Where Spring Comes Late (1970) Silence (1971) The Long Darkness (1972) Tsugaru Folk Song (1973) Castle of Sand (1974) The Fossil (1975) Fumō Chitai (1976) The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) The Incident (1978) Nomugi Pass (1979) Kagemusha (1980)
1981–2000	Muddy River (1981) Fall Guy (1982) Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) W's Tragedy (1984) Ran (1985) The Sea and Poison (1986) A Taxing Woman (1987) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Black Rain (1989) Childhood Days (1990) My Sons (1991) Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) All Under the Moon (1993) A Dedicated Life (1994) A Last Note (1995) Shall We Dance? (1996) Princess Mononoke (1997) Begging for Love (1998) Poppoya (1999) Face (2000)
2001–2020	Spirited Away (2001) The Twilight Samurai (2002) Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) Blood and Bones (2004) Break Through! (2005) Sway (2006) I Just Didn't Do It (2007) Departures (2008) The Unbroken (2009) Villain (2010) Postcard (2011) A Terminal Trust (2012) The Great Passage (2013) My Man (2014) Three Stories of Love (2015) Shin Godzilla (2016) Hanagatami (2017) Shoplifters (2018) Listen to the Universe (2019) Mother (2020)
2021–present	Drive My Car (2021) Small, Slow But Steady (2022) Okiku and the World (2023)

Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film

Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film
1927–1940	Ashi ni sawatta onna (1927) A Diary of Chuji's Travels (1928) Jobless Samurai (1929) Beheading Place (1930) What Made Her Do It? (1931) The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1932) I Was Born, But... (1933) Passing Fancy (1934) A Story of Floating Weeds (1935) Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1936) Sisters of the Gion (1937) Limitless Advance (1938) Five Scouts (1939) Earth (1940)
1941–1960	Kojima no haru (1941) The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1942) The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay (1943) Morning for the Osone Family (1947) A Ball at the Anjo House (1948) Drunken Angel (1949) Late Spring (1950) Until We Meet Again (1951) Early Summer (1952) Ikiru (1953) An Inlet of Muddy Water (1954) Twenty-Four Eyes (1955) Floating Clouds (1956) Darkness at Noon (1957) The Rice People (1958) The Ballad of Narayama (1959) Kiku to Isamu (1960)
1961–1980	Her Brother (1961) Bad Boys (1962) Being Two Isn't Easy (1963) The Insect Woman (1964) Woman in the Dunes (1965) Red Beard (1966) The Great White Tower (1967) Samurai Rebellion (1968) The Profound Desire of the Gods (1969) Double Suicide (1970) Where Spring Comes Late (1971) The Ceremony (1972) The Long Darkness (1973) Tsugaru Folk Song (1974) Sandakan No. 8 (1975) Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1976) The Youth Killer (1977) The Yellow Handkerchief (1978) Third Base (1979) Vengeance Is Mine (1980)
1981–2000	Zigeunerweisen (1981) Muddy River (1982) Fall Guy (1983) The Family Game (1984) The Funeral (1985) And Then (1986) The Sea and Poison (1987) A Taxing Woman (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1989) Black Rain (1990) The Cherry Orchard (1991) My Sons (1992) Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993) All Under the Moon (1994) A Dedicated Life (1995) A Last Note (1996) Shall We Dance? (1997) The Eel (1998) Fireworks (1998) Wait and See (2000)
2001–present	Face (2001) Go (2002) The Twilight Samurai (2003) A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2004) Nobody Knows (2005) Break Through! (2006) Hula Girls (2007) I Just Didn't Do It (2008) Departures (2009) Dear Doctor (2010) Villain (2011) Postcard (2012) Our Homeland (2013) Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2014) The Light Shines Only There (2015) Three Stories of Love (2016) In This Corner of the World (2017) The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2018) Shoplifters (2019) It Feels So Good (2020) Wife of a Spy (2021) Drive My Car (2022) Small, Slow But Steady (2023)