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is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kentarō Ōtani. Based on the manga of the same name by
Ai Yazawa is a Japanese manga author. While most of Yazawa's manga is published in Japan by Shueisha, publishers of ''Ribon'' and ''Cookie'' ('' Nana'' was serialized in the latter), series like '' Paradise Kiss'' have appeared in non-Shueisha magazine ...
, the film stars
Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in th ...
as Nana Osaki and
Aoi Miyazaki is a Japanese actress. She is known for her roles in '' Nana'' and '' Virgin Snow''. Career Miyazaki started working in the entertainment industry at the age of four. Initially she appeared mostly in commercials, magazine advertisements, and ...
as Nana "Hachi" Komatsu. The film was released on September 3, 2005. The film was followed by a sequel, '' Nana 2'', in 2006. Nakashima reprised her role as Nana Osaki, but some of the original cast, including Miyazaki and
Ryuhei Matsuda is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in ''Taboo'' and the rock star Ren Honjo in '' Nana''. Early life Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo, to Yū ...
, did not reprise their roles.


Synopsis

''Nana'' is about the relationship between two young women who are both named Nana. Although their names are the same, their lives are completely different. One of them, Nana Osaki (
Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in th ...
), is an ambitious punk who is looking to break into the world of rock and roll, while the other, Nana "Hachi" Komatsu (
Aoi Miyazaki is a Japanese actress. She is known for her roles in '' Nana'' and '' Virgin Snow''. Career Miyazaki started working in the entertainment industry at the age of four. Initially she appeared mostly in commercials, magazine advertisements, and ...
), simply wants a new life with her boyfriend, Shoji Endo ( Yūta Hiraoka). After moving to Tokyo while chasing their hopes and dreams, their lives greatly change after meeting each other.


Cast

*
Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in th ...
- Nana Osaki *
Aoi Miyazaki is a Japanese actress. She is known for her roles in '' Nana'' and '' Virgin Snow''. Career Miyazaki started working in the entertainment industry at the age of four. Initially she appeared mostly in commercials, magazine advertisements, and ...
- Nana "Hachi" Komatsu *
Hiroki Narimiya (born September 14, 1982), better known as , is a former Japanese actor. Early life He was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His parents are from Okinawa Prefecture. His parents divorced when he was young, and in his third year of junior high sch ...
- Nobuo Terashima * Kenichi Matsuyama - Shin *
Ryuhei Matsuda is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in ''Taboo'' and the rock star Ren Honjo in '' Nana''. Early life Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo, to Yū ...
- Ren Honjo *
Yuna Ito is an American-born former singer and actress who was active in Japan. She was born in Los Angeles and was raised in Hawaii. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, " Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the ...
- Reira Serizawa * Saeko - Sachiko * Momosuke Mizutani - Naoki * Anna Nose - Junko * Takehisa Takayama - Kyosuke * Tomomi Maruyama - Yasu *
Tetsuji Tamayama is a Japanese TV and film actor. He joined modeling competitions and was active in ''Checkmate'' and other fashion magazines. In 2001, Tamayama debuted in '' Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger'' as GaoSilver. He continued to star in more movies and TV dr ...
- Takumi * Yūta Hiraoka - Shoji Endo * Gou Ayano


DVD

The DVD edition was released on March 3, 2006.


Reception

The film grossed $33,154,571 at the Japanese box office and stayed in the top 10 for several weeks.


Theme songs

In addition to creating a Nana craze throughout Asia, the film also helped launch
Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in th ...
to the peak of her career as she released the single "
Glamorous Sky "Glamorous Sky" is Mika Nakashima's 16th single overall, her 1st under the name ''Nana starring Mika Nakashima'', and the second most successful single in her career after "Stars". It is her first rock song and it was used as one of the image song ...
" under the name Nana starring Mika Nakashima. The single created topicality with its special collaboration between Nakashima, Hyde (who wrote the music for the song), and Nana author
Yazawa Ai is a Japanese manga author. While most of Yazawa's manga is published in Japan by Shueisha, publishers of ''Ribon'' and ''Cookie'' (''Nana'' was serialized in the latter), series like '' Paradise Kiss'' have appeared in non-Shueisha magazines s ...
(who wrote the lyrics). The single became Nakashima's first number one single on the
Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
charts. It was also featured in '' Osu! Tatakae! Ōendan 2'' and Konami's drum simulation game ''
Drum Mania is a music video game series produced by Konami. It is a rhythm game where the player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from the rock music, rock and roll and J-pop genres ...
''. The film also helped promote another artist,
Yuna Ito is an American-born former singer and actress who was active in Japan. She was born in Los Angeles and was raised in Hawaii. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, " Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the ...
, who starred in the film as Trapnest vocal Reira, released her debut single "
Endless Story "Endless Story" is the first single by Yuna Ito, released under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito. "Endless Story" was used in the movie ''Nana'' in which Yuna played the character Reira Serizawa. "Endless Story" peaked at #2 on both the daily ...
," the insert song of the film, under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito. The single ranked second on the
Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
charts, next to Nakashima's "Glamorous Sky," and made Yuna Ito one of the most successful debuting artists of 2005.


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