Heavenly Forest

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Movie: Heavenly Forest
Romaji: Tada, kimi wo aishiteru
Japanese: ただ、君を愛してる
Director: Takehiko Shinjo
Writer: Takuji Ichikawa (novel), Kenji Bando
Producer: Toshiya Nomura
Cinematographer:
Release Date: October 28, 2006 (Japan)
Runtime: 116 Min.
Studio: Toei
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Set in Japan and New York, Heavenly Forest is a junai (true love) story from author Ichikawa Takuji, based on his novel "Renai Shashin: Mo Hitotsu no Monogatari" which was written as a spin-off of Tsutsumi Yukihiko's 2003 film "Collage of Our Lives" (Renai Shashin) starring Hirosue Ryoko and Matsuda Ryuhei. Ichikawa is best known as the progenitor of the "Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu" (Be With You) phenomenon, having penned the bestselling novel which became a massive hit movie starring future couple Nakamura Shido and Takeuchi Yuko.

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The story is about a photographer called Makoto (Tamaki Hiroshi), who travels to New York during Christmas to look for his best friend, Shizuru (Miyazaki Aoi). The two first met when Makoto attended his university entrance ceremony. Due to his inferiority complex, Makoto tends to shy away from other people but Shizuru managed to make him open up to her. Because of their friendship, Shizuru also ended up taking an interest in photography and the two often went to a forest to take pictures. Shizuru wants nothing else but to be by Makoto's side so when he started liking another girl called Miyuki (Kuroki Meisa), Shizuru decided that she too will like Miyuki and becomes her friend. One day, Makoto asked Shizuru what present she'd like to receive for her birthday. Shizuru, who wanted to enter a photography competition, had an idea to take a picture of the two of them kissing in a forest. Makoto agreed to do this and the two kissed for the very first time. Ever since that day, however, Shizuru disappears from Makoto's life.