I Just Wanna Hug You

2014 2h 2m JA

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6.7

SOLID

★6.7TMDB · 25

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Tsukasa got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the effects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. Tsukasa falls in love with taxi driver Masaki. Even though they have difficulties, they try to make a happy family together, but they encounter another serious situation.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Keiko Kitagawa
Tsukasa Yamamoto
Ryo Nishikido
Masaki Koyanagi
Yusuke Kamiji
Tonden
Takumi Saitoh
Sonomura
Aya Hirayama
Natsumi
Eriko Sato
Megumi Sato
Masataka Kubota
Junpei

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Akihiko Shiota
Writers: Akihiko Shiota, Hiroshi Saito
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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1 / 7

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Akihiko Shiota, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. 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 Takatsugu Muramatsu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Keiko Kitagawa and Ryo Nishikido and Yusuke Kamiji carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2714934 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 25 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Akihiko Shiota directs. Tokushō Kikumura behind the camera. Takatsugu Muramatsu scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 12 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Akihiko Shiota, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Takatsugu Muramatsu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Keiko Kitagawa and Ryo Nishikido and Yusuke Kamiji carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt2714934 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 25 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.