| The Kiss | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Kunitoshi Manda |
| Written by | Kunitoshi Manda Tamami Manda |
| Produced by | Takenori Sento |
| Starring | Eiko Koike Etsushi Toyokawa Toru Nakamura |
| Cinematography | Makoto Watanabe |
| Music by | Hiroyuki Nagashima |
Release dates |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Kiss (Japanese : 接吻 ) is a 2007 Japanese crime drama film directed by Kunitoshi Manda, starring Eiko Koike, Etsushi Toyokawa and Toru Nakamura.
Kyoko Endo (Eiko Koike), a young and lonely female office worker, falls in love with Akio Sakaguchi (Etsushi Toyokawa), a man in prison for killing a whole family, at first sight when she watches a television news program telling about him. But Hasegawa (Toru Nakamura), his lawyer, worries about their relationship.
The 9th Jeonju International Film Festival opened with the world premiere of The Kiss in May 2008. [1]
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