Happily Ever After (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Popular director Tsutsumi Yukihiko (Memories of Tomorrow) made two films with his frequent star Abe Hiroshi in 2007. The first was the campy period sci-fi fantasy The Sword of Alexander, and the second was the romantic comedy Happily Ever After (a.k.a. Jigyaku no Uta). A guaranteed winner thanks to the star pairing of Abe and Nakatani Miki, Happily Ever After is certainly no ordinary romantic comedy, portraying an abusive marital relationship with over-the-top jaunt. Adapted from Gouda Yoshi's popular comic strip series, the film lends readily to comparison with Memories of Matsuko as Nakatani Miki portrays an unlucky, but stalwartly cheerful plain Jane who is stubbornly in love with a terrible guy. Happily Ever After, however, takes a lighter tone, presenting its tragicomedy elements with family sitcom bemusement. There are deliberate variations in direction and cinematography as the story progresses, at times creating stark differently environments and moods with each scene, and contributing to the topsy-turvy atmosphere of the film.

Curiously freckled and cheery waitress Yukie (Nakatani Miki) is married to bad-tempered ex-yakuza Isao (Abe Hiroshi). She loves him madly, and he's just mad. Yukie endures all to be with her alcoholic gambling deadbeat of a husband who has a habit of flipping tables whenever he's upset, which is often. Just how did she end up in this relationship? It all started back in her school years when her father's failed bank robbery forces her to leave her hometown in disgrace, and head for Osaka. There she meets a man as hopeless as she is.

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Product Title:	Happily Ever After (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) 自虐之詩 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) 自虐之诗 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) Happily Ever After (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) Happily Ever After (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
Also known as:	Jigyaku no Uta Jigyaku no Uta Jigyaku no Uta Jigyaku no Uta Jigyaku no Uta
Artist Name(s):	Nakatani Miki (Actor) | Abe Hiroshi (Actor) 中谷美紀 (Actor) | 阿部寬 (Actor) 中谷美纪 (Actor) | 阿部宽 (Actor) 中谷美紀 (Actor) | 阿部寛 (Actor) Nakatani Miki (Actor) | Abe Hiroshi (Actor)
Director:	Tsutsumi Yukihiko 堤幸彥 堤幸彦 堤幸彦 Tsutsumi Yukihiko
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Release Date:	2009-10-23
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	1.78 : 1
Sound Information:	LPCM
Disc Format(s):	DVD-9, DVD
Region Code:	3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Duration:	115 (mins)
Publisher:	Asia Video (HK)
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1021464082

Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Japan's most tear-jerking "cartoon strip" has finally been made into a film!
Yukie Morita is fully devoted to her common-law husband, Isao Hayama who hangs around all day doing nothing but gambing. Everyone around her feels sorry for her, but there definitely exists "Love".
It was Isao that saved Yukie, who was raised up in an extremely poor family and has trmbled down into the depths of misery.