''My Secret Cache'' is a 1997 award - winning
Japanese
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film. Its original Japanese title is . It was directed by
Shinobu Yaguchi
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film ''Waterboys'' was particularly succe ...
.
Plot
The film begins with a prologue that quickly sketches the backstory of the protagonist: since childhood, Sakiko Suzuki was obsessed with cash. She scared off potential friends by constantly talking about her savings account, and potential suitors by demanding that they give her up front the money they would have spent taking her out on a date. After college, her family suggests she get a job as a bank teller. She's promptly hired, but soon grows disillusioned by the job, because she's counting other people's cash. Then, bank robbers kidnap her and stuff her in a trunk with a bright yellow suitcase filled with stolen money. The thieves take a wrong turn in the woods and crash their car. Sakiko escapes with the briefcase but falls into a river and winds up in an underground pool, where she tries to kill herself by drowning after letting go of the suitcase. Instead, she washes up downstream and is given medical leave by the bank.
The rest of the film traces Sakiko's quest to retrieve the money. One Sunday, she convinces her family to take her to the woods, but they give up as soon as it rains. Undeterred, Sakiko goes on without them but suffers an accident and winds up in the hospital again. So she resolves to prepare more carefully. Moving out of her family's house, she returns to college to study geology, and also takes lessons in swimming, scuba diving, mountain climbing and driving, and buys much surveying equipment. Along the way, she wins swimming and mountain climbing competitions. But she's uninterested in pursuing fame in either as a swimmer or mountain climber, wanting only to earn money to fund her quest. After her apartment's floor collapses under the weight of too much equipment and another stint at the hospital, Sakiko escapes, steals from her family and frames a research assistant at the college for stealing a bag of money from the bank; she steals his truck and goes to the woods and retrieves the suitcase. She formally apologizes to her family for stealing from them. On the radio, Sakiko hears about hidden treasures in the Bermuda triangle and decides to get a sailing license. The movie ends with Sakiko hiding the yellow briefcase in the woods.
Cast
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Naomi Nishida
is an actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and at the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in ''Nabbie's Love''.
Personal life
She married a Japanese shoe designer in 2005, and gave birth to a ...
as Sakiko Suzuki
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Gō Rijū
is a Japanese film director and actor.
Career
Rijū started making 8mm films in high school, and his ''Kyōkun I'' earned a spot at the 1980 Pia Film Festival. In 1981, he made his acting debut with a starring role in the TBS drama ''Fubo no go ...
as Edogawa
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Takako Kato as Itami Yayoi (Edogawa's ex-girlfriend)
* Noriko Kanaka as Mika Suzuki (sister)
* Kazue Tsunogae as Tomiko Suzuki (mother)
* Shinobu Tsuruta as Mikio Suzuki (father)
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Taketoshi Naito
was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1953 and 2003. He died of lymphoma on 21 August 2012.
Selected filmography Film
* ''Mahiru no ankoku'' (1956)
* ''An Actress'' (1956) - Akio Satomi
* '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) - ...
as Morita Seitaro (Professor)
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Hikaru Ijuin
is a Japanese name, Japanese unisex given name meaning "light" or "radiance".
Possible writings
Hikaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 光, "light"
* 輝, "radiance"
The name can also be written in hiragana or kat ...
as Tanaka (Driving instructor)
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Tae Kimura
is a Japanese actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for ''All Around Us''.
Biography
Kimura starred in Ryosuke Hashiguchi's ''All Around Us''. Her performance in the film was described by Jason Gray as "one of ...
as Eko (Swimming instructor)
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Yōji Tanaka
is a Japanese actor and tarento. He is often credited as BoBA.
Career
Born in Kiso, Nagano (town), Kiso, Nagano, Tanaka first began working for Japan National Railways after high school, but often went to the movies, including shows of indie and ...
as Iwata (Rock-climbing instructor)
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Yu Tokui
is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1987.
Selected filmography Films
Television
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
Male actors from Osaka
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male ...
(Tsubaki Bank Branch Manager)
Reception
''My Secret Cache'' does not yet have a rating from
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In the United States, the film has been released to DVD (region 1) by
Geneon Entertainment
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan.
Th ...
. The average Netflix customer rates the film 2.9 stars out of five.
Awards
Naomi Nishida won an award at the
Japanese Academy Awards
The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ...
for Best Newcomer, and at the
Japanese Professional Movie Awards
The are an annual Japanese film award. The first awards were given to films made in 1991. This award is hosted by Hiroo Ōtaka.
Categories
*Best Film
*Best Director
*Best Actor
*Best Actress
Editions
* 1st (1991)
* 2nd (1992)
*3rd (1993)
* 4th ...
for Best Actress.
See also
*''
Swing Girls
is a Japanese 2004 teen comedy film directed and co-written by Shinobu Yaguchi. The plot follows a group of inept high school girls who form a big band. The cast includes Juri Ueno, Yuta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya and Yukari Toy ...
'' (2004)
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Notes
External links
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{{Shinobu Yaguchi
1997 films
Films about bank robbery
Films directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Japanese heist films
1990s Japanese films