Happy-Go-Lucky

1997 1h 13m JA

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7.4

SOLID

★7.4TMDB · 7

Drama

Synopsis

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Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a forward pullover around a horizontal bar. Their P.E. teacher warns them: they have one week to succeed; if they resign now, then, tomorrow, facing life difficulties, they will always run away and become bums.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hidaka Yoshitomo
Takashi
Nagi Noriko
Junko
Ittoku Kishibe
Atsuo
Hiroko Taguchi
Tomoko
Chigusa Shimamura
Natsuko
Maki Ishikawa
Hiroko
Ayumi Ito
High School Girl
Kumi Nakamura
Junko's Mother

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Writers: Tetsuya Nakashima
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, shot by Shôichi Atô. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 7

CAST

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Hidaka Yoshitomo and Nagi Noriko and Ittoku Kishibe carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0113937 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tetsuya Nakashima directs. Shôichi Atô behind the camera. Yoko Kanno scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
229 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, shot by Shôichi Atô. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Yoko Kanno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Hidaka Yoshitomo and Nagi Noriko and Ittoku Kishibe carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0113937 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.