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Love the Hard Way

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.

Running Time: 128 mins.

Additional Notes: dialogue Japanese

Country Of Origin: Japan

starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Kazuki Kitamura, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Ko Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Shinagawa, Ikkei Watanabe, Miki Maya, Keishi Nagatsuka, Dankan

director: Hiroshi Nishitani

Genius mathematician and high school teacher Ishigami Tetsuya has taken a fancy to Hanaoka Yasuko, a lady working at a bento store. He learns that Yasuko and her daughter have killed a person and helps the two of them to construct the perfect alibi. The police investigation runs into difficulty and detective Kusanagi Shunpei seeks the advice of his friend, the brilliant physicist Yukawa Manabu. Ishigami is Yukawa's college friend. A fierce battle breaks out between the genius mathematician and genius physicist.

Director

Manabu Yakawa

Shunpei Kusanagi

Yasuko Hanaoka

Kaoru Utsumi

Tetsuya Ishigami