is a 2015 Japanese
jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—''Portrait of Hel ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Masato Harada
is a Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in ''The Last Samurai'' and as Mr Mita in ''Fearless (2006 film), Fearless''. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who w ...
. It was released in Japan on May 16, 2015.
Cast
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Yo Oizumi
is a Japanese actor, comedian, television personality and voice actor. He is a member of the theatrical and musical unit TEAM NACS, and is represented by Creative Office Cue. His wife Kumiko Nakajima is a drama producer at Fuji TV.
In 1995, w ...
as Shinjirō Nakamura
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Erika Toda
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Toda has starred in many Japanese television dramas, including ''Liar Game'', ''Code Blue'', '' Ryusei no Kizuna'', and ''Keizoku 2: SPEC''. She has also had supporting roles in many other popular TV dramas, such a ...
as Jogo
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Hikari Mitsushima
is a Japanese actress, singer and model. In 2017 she was the vocalist and dancer in Mondo Grosso's videos for "Labyrinth", which has garnered over 32 million views on YouTube as of 2 February 2022, and "In this World".
Career
She began her mus ...
as Ogin
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Rina Uchiyama
is a Japanese actress and idol.
Career
Uchiyama was first discovered in her hometown in Kanagawa Prefecture by the talent agency Sweet Power at the age of 15. She was signed up by the agency, and in 1998, moved to Tokyo to launch her career in ...
as Yū Togasaki
*Hana Hizuki as Hōshūni
*Midoriko Kimura as Okatsu
*Katsumi Kiba as Rihei
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Katsuo Nakamura
is a Japanese actor. Nakamura is a former Kabuki actor as well as his older brother Kinnosuke Nakamura. His first film appearance was in the 1955 film ''Furisode Kenpo''. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 5th Japan Academy Prize ...
as Kaze no Kinbei
Production
Kakekomi's screenplay was based on the novel Tokeiji Hanadayori by Hisashi Inoue.
The film was shot at
Engyō-ji
The is a temple of the Tendai sect in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan.
History
It was founded by Shoku Shonin in 966.
The complex of buildings is at the top of Mt Shosha approximately 25 minutes by bus from Himeji Station. The mountain summit can be ...
Temple in
Himeji
260px, Himeji City Hall
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...
. Director Masato Harada first saw the location while filming The Last Samurai.
Reception
On its opening weekend the film grossed at the Japanese box office.
Zahraa Mubarak of 'High on Films' Website called Kakekomi "a shocking and intense experience" in he
reviewof the film.
References
External links
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駆込み女と駆出し男(2015)a
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駆込み女と駆出し男a
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Films directed by Masato Harada
Japanese drama films
Jidaigeki films
2015 drama films
2015 films
2010s Japanese films
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