Love Like the Falling Petals (2022)

★ 8.0 2h 8m IMDb
Drama Romance
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Haruto Asakura falls in love with hairdresser Misaki Ariake and asks her out. Watching Misaki Ariake work hard to achieve what she wants, Haruto Asakura, who almost gave up his dream to become a photographer, begins to pursue his dream again, but Misaki Ariake is diagnosed with a disease that ages her 10x faster than normal.

Love Like the Falling Petals

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Cast

Kento Nakajima
Kento Nakajima as Asakura Haruto Age 32 · Tokyo, Japan Kento Nakajima (中島健人, Nakajima Kento, born March 13, 1994) is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known as being a member of the Japanese idol groups Sexy Zone and Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow. He b...
Honoka Matsumoto
Honoka Matsumoto as Ariake Misaki Age 29 · Osaka, Japan One of Vogue Japan's Women of the Year in 2018, Honoka Matsumoto is a rising star who first made a name for herself in the popular NHK morning drama "Hiyokko" two years ago. Interest in the Osaka-nati...
Kento Nagayama
Kento Nagayama as Takashi Ariake Age 37 · Tokyo, Japan
Yuki Sakurai
Yuki Sakurai as Ayano Yoshino Age 39 · Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Yuki Sakurai is an actress, known for Where Florence Sleeps (2016), Tag (2015) and The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (2021)..
Shuntaro Yanagi
Shuntaro Yanagi as Kenzo Takanashi Age 35 · Miyagi, Japan Yanagi Shuntarō (柳 俊太郎, born 16 May 1991) is a Japanese model and actor. He is from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture and belongs to Stardust Promotion Production Division 2. His surname is sometimes wri...
Yumi Wakatsuki
Yumi Wakatsuki as Makoto Ichikawa Age 32 · Shizuoka, Japan Wakatsuki Yumi is a Japanese idol. Until November 2018, she was a member of the idol group Nogizaka46. On December 10, 2021, she and actor Tamaoki Reo announced their marriage..
Director Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Cast Kento Nakajima, Honoka Matsumoto, Kento Nagayama, Yuki Sakurai, Shuntaro Yanagi, Yumi Wakatsuki, Jun Kaname, Hidekazu Mashima, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Koki Takeda

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Alunauwie 8/10 Dec 01, 2025
Love Like the Falling Petals unfolds a gentle yet heartbreaking romance between two dream-chasers whose blossoming love is shaken by Misaki’s rare illness that rapidly ages her, forcing them to confront time slipping away. Despite its medically unrealistic premise, the film delivers moving moments through strong performances, tender direction, and vivid spring-like visuals that amplify both hope and grief. It ultimately becomes a poignant story about sincerity, acceptance, and loving beyond physical changes or the limits of time.

Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)

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