Promise of August

1995 0h 50m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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Three college girls arrive in the countryside in search of an area where marijuana grows. Hitchhiking, they stop the car of a suicidal man, who falls in love with one of the girls at first sight.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Dankan
Okai
Sanae Ueki
Mizuno
Ranran Suzuki
Morita
Tomo Taniguchi
Mochitsuki
Hisatomi Masanobu
Masa
Hideo Asahina
Hideo
Hiroshi Kanemoto
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Katsuhito Ishii
Writers: Katsuhito Ishii
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Katsuhito Ishii, shot by Koji Akita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Eiko Sakurai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yumiko Doi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Dankan and Sanae Ueki and Ranran Suzuki carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt28385578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Katsuhito Ishii directs. Koji Akita behind the camera. Eiko Sakurai scores. Yumiko Doi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Katsuhito Ishii, shot by Koji Akita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Eiko Sakurai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Yumiko Doi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Dankan and Sanae Ueki and Ranran Suzuki carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt28385578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.