Loving You (2007 film)

Loving You (いつかの君へ, Itsuka no Kimi e; lit. 'Someday You') is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Kei Horie and based on the manga Itsuka Ame ga Furu Yō ni (いつか雨が降るように; lit. 'Someday It Will Rain') by Saika Kunieda.^[1] The film stars Takumi Saitoh as Noboru Fukami and Ryūnosuke Kawai as Kōhei Hayase. The film was released on July 28, 2007.^[2]

Loving You
Directed by	Kei Horie
Screenplay by	Saika Kunieda
Based on	Itsuka Ame ga Furu Yō ni by Saika Kunieda
Produced by	Kei Horie Kazushi Miki Akihiro Itō Kenji Komatsu
Starring	Takumi Saitoh Ryūnosuke Kawai Yutsuki Katō Makoto Sakamoto Yu Tokui Kanji Tsuda Yumiko Oka
Cinematography	Kei Horie Yūsei Naruse
Music by	Moku
Production companies	Trinet Entertainment Video Planning
Distributed by	Video Planning
Release date	28 July 2007 (2007-07-28) (Japan)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

Noboru Fukami is a lonely and introverted college student who saves one of his classmates, Kōhei Hayase, from drowning on a lake. Hayase had never paid attention to Noboru before, but after being saved by him he begins to feel confused about his feelings towards the very mysterious Noboru. And if this was not enough, Hayase soon meets Noboru's twin brother, Ryū, who has a very different personality from his brother.

Cast

• Takumi Saitoh as Noboru Fukami/Ryū Fukami
  • Tsubasa and Jun Ogasawara (young Noboru and Ryū)
• Ryūnosuke Kawai as Kōhei Hayase
• Yutsuki Katō as Sayuri Tadokoro
• Makoto Sakamoto as Classmate
• Goki as Classmate
• Yū Tokui as Bartender
• Kanji Tsuda as Teacher
• Yumiko Oka as Classmate
• Shirō Namiki
• Himeko Tōya
• Choi Cheol-ho
• Yoshihiro Ishizuka
• Shūji Ōtsuki

Production

The music was composed by Moku. The theme used for the end credits is "Karatsu youthful" by Jamgo Five.