Calmi Cuori Appassionati

Reisei to Jōnetsu no Aida
Calmi Cuori Appassionati
Reisei to Jōnetsu no Aida; Calmi Cuori Appassionati
	DVD cover
Directed by
Written by	(novel); ; Jinsei Tsuji (novel)
Produced by
Starring	Yutaka Takenouchi; Kelly Chen;
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by	Enya;
Release date	2001;
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥2.7 billion ($34,846,000)

Calmi Cuori Appassionati (冷静と情熱のあいだ aka Reisei to Jōnetsu no Aida; lit. "Between Calmness and Passion") is a 2001 Japanese movie directed by Isamu Nakae, starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Kelly Chen. It is a love story about two students who met at an art college in Japan. The film is based on a 1999 novel which was a best seller in Japan.^[2] Calmi Cuori Appassionati was a hit, becoming the 8th highest-grossing film in Japan of 2001.

The title tune is "Wild Child" from the album A Day Without Rain by Enya. An album of Enya's songs used in the film was released in 2001 as Themes from Calmi Cuori Appassionati.

Plot[]

Living in Florence, Italy, Junsei Agata is studying to be a restoration expert who specializes in fine art. He feels life is empty. He clings to the memory of Aoi, a girl from school. One day, he learns Aoi is in Milan and finds she lives with a wealthy American businessman. He finds she lives in a different world and runs back to Japan.

Junsei remembers a 10-year promise. When he was a college student in Japan, he made a promise with Aoi to meet on the top of the Duomo in Florence on her 30th birthday. He hangs on to one slight hope that Aoi must have remembered the promise. He decides to return to Florence to prove the love between him and Aoi is true.

Cast[]

Yutaka Takenouchi as Agata Junsei
Kelly Chen as Aoi
as Luca
Valeria Cavalli as Giovanna
Luciano Federico as Angelo
as Daniela
Arnoldo Foà as The Restorer
Reona Hirota as Asami
Nana Katase
Tatsuo Matsumura as Seiji Agata
Marisa Merlini as Gina
Shinya Owada as Kiyomasa Agata
Yūsuke Santamaria as Takashi
Kippei Shiina as Takanashi
Ryoko Shinohara as Memi
Sansei Shiomi as The Lawyer
Michael Wong as Marvin Lai

Reception[]

The film opened at number one at the Japanese box office with an opening weekend gross of 279 million Yen ($2.3 million).^[3] It remained number one for a second week.^[4]

Award Nominations[]

2002 Awards of the Japanese Academy^[5]

Nomination - Best Actor - Yutaka Takenouchi
Nomination - Best Cinematography -
Nomination - Best Lighting - Minoru Kawai

Notes[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2008-05-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2014-06-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "International Box Office". Variety. 19 November 2001. p. 9. $2,315,021; $1=120.5 Yen
^ "International Box Office". Variety. 26 November 2001. p. 10.
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291753/awards

External links[]

Official site (Japanese)
IMDb entry

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2008-05-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2014-06-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "International Box Office". Variety. 19 November 2001. p. 9. $2,315,021; $1=120.5 Yen

[4] "International Box Office". Variety. 26 November 2001. p. 10.

[5] ttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291753/awards

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