Dakishimetai: Shinjitsu no monogatari

Here's a film that really, really wants you to feel something. A woman with serious disabilities falls for a taxi driver. The pair attempt domestic bliss, but life has further cruel plot twists in store. Gets the tears flowing, for sure.

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Akihiko Shiota directed Dakishimetai: Shinjitsu no monogatari in 2014. See Akihiko Shiota's full filmography, where to start with Akihiko Shiota, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akihiko Shiota.

Dakishimetai: Shinjitsu no monogatari was released in 2014 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 122 minutes.