Socratic Love

(2013)

★ 1.4 IMDb · 56 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 2013

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Ryôsuke Hayasaka

Cast: Junpei Suzuki, Eiko Ohtani, Oji Ohsuga, Aki Morita, 飛鳥凛, Yuma Takahashi, 吉岡睦雄, Yutaka Hoshino, Daichi Ito, 兒玉宣勝

Plot

Hiro, an unpopular comedian, lives with his girlfriend Kano, an editor. Hiro starts to distance himself from Kano with fewer live appearances and Satoyama, a seasoned comedian, drags him around. Kano is given a picture book during an interview with an author, Kaminuma. The tragedy of a princess' death in the book illustrate the troubled marriage between Kaminuma and his wife, Mizu. After reading the book, Kano imagines a happy ending by pretending Hiro as the King and herself as the princess. Fate changes when the picture book and reality collide... A love story for the new century.