is a Japanese
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
released in 2007 in Japan, directed by
Suzuki Matsuo.
It stars
Yuki Uchida
(born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress, and a popular 1990s idol, model and singer.
Biography
Uchida was born in Tokyo. She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991.
She began her career as a mod ...
in the main role, and features two famous movie and anime directors in secondary roles:
Hideaki Anno
is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and actor. He is best known for creating the anime series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (1995)''.'' His style is defined by his postmodernist approach and the extensive portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotio ...
and
Shinya Tsukamoto
is a Japanese people, Japanese filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter, Film editing, editor, Film director, director, cinematographer, art director, production designer and actor.
With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad ...
.
Plot
A patient wakes up in a psychiatric hospital, but does not remember how she got there. She then has to build relationships with fellow patients as she works to discover what happened.
Cast
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Yuki Uchida
(born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress, and a popular 1990s idol, model and singer.
Biography
Uchida was born in Tokyo. She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991.
She began her career as a mod ...
– Asuka Sakura
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Kankurō Kudō
is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company ''Otona Keikaku''. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for '' Go'', which explores problems faced by people of Korean-h ...
– Tetsuo Yakihata
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Yū Aoi
is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film ''All About Lily Chou-Chou''. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in ''Hana and Alice'' (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa in ...
– Miki
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Ryō
The was a gold currency unit in the shakkanhō system in pre- Meiji Japan. It was eventually replaced with a system based on the ''yen''.
Origins
The ''ryō'' was originally a unit of weight from China, the ''tael.'' It came into use in Japan ...
– Eguchi
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Yūko Nakamura
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly'' (Hotaru) ''and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for ...
– Kurita
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Satoshi Tsumabuki
is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was ''Waterboys'' for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize. He is also the bassist and lead singer of the Japanese ...
– Komono
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Shinobu Otake
is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for '' Railroad Man'', and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress ('' The Incident'') and Best Supporting Actress (''Seishoku no ishibumi''). She also w ...
– Nishino
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Hideaki Anno
is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and actor. He is best known for creating the anime series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (1995)''.'' His style is defined by his postmodernist approach and the extensive portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotio ...
– Doctor Matsubara
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Shinya Tsukamoto
is a Japanese people, Japanese filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter, Film editing, editor, Film director, director, cinematographer, art director, production designer and actor.
With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad ...
– Asuka's ex-husband
Links and sources
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Reviewat ''Variety''
at ''Japan Times Online''
Reviewat Dreamlogic.net
at "Love HK film.com"
References
Japanese comedy films
Films directed by Suzuki Matsuo
2000s Japanese films
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