is a 2003
Japanese film
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that ea ...
directed by
Ryūichi Hiroki
is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for ''800 Two Lap Runners''. Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character".
Biography
''Pink ...
. It is based on the 1999 book of the same name by writer
Mari Akasaka.
Plot
After meeting a handsome truck driver (Nao Omori) in an urban mini-mart, a 30-something freelance writer (Shinobu Terajima) embarks on a life-changing emotional journey of sexual discovery.
Cast
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Shinobu Terajima
is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include '' Akame 48 Waterfalls'' (2003) and '' Vibrator'' (2003). For her role in ''Caterpillar'' (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performan ...
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Nao Omori
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Tomorowo Taguchi
is a Japanese actor, film director and musician.
After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he ma ...
*Masahiro Toda
*Eriko Takayanagi
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Riho Makise
is a Japanese actress. She debuted at the Takeda Hi-C contest in 1989, which she won. She is represented by the Blooming Agency.
Appearances
Films
TV series
Special TV dramas
External links
Official blog
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*Miki Sakajo
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Jun Murakami
is a Japanese actor. He is not to be confused with Japanese stunt actor Jun Murakami.
Career
Murakami starred in Sho Miyake's ''Playback'' (2012). He co-starred in Sion Sono's '' The Land of Hope'' (2012) with Megumi Kagurazaka.
He has also a ...
*Eugene Nomura
Awards and nominations
25th
Yokohama Film Festival
* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Director -
Ryūichi Hiroki
is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for ''800 Two Lap Runners''. Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character".
Biography
''Pink ...
* Won: Best Screenplay -
Haruhiko Arai
is a Japanese screenwriter. He is also a publisher and an editor of the ''Eiga Geijutsu'' magazine and a professor of the Japan Institute of the Moving Image.
Career
Arai won the Mainichi Film Award for best screenplay for the film '' W's Traged ...
* Won: Best Actress -
Shinobu Terajima
is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include '' Akame 48 Waterfalls'' (2003) and '' Vibrator'' (2003). For her role in ''Caterpillar'' (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performan ...
* Won: Best Supporting Actor -
Nao Ōmori
References
External links
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2003 films
Films directed by Ryūichi Hiroki
Japanese drama films
2000s Japanese-language films
2000s Japanese films
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