Nana

2005 1h 53m JA

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6.8

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86%

FRESH

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IMDB

★6.8TMDB · 111🍅86%Rotten Tomatoes★7IMDB · 4,280

RomanceDramaMusic

Synopsis

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Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mika Nakashima
Nana Osaki
Aoi Miyazaki
Nana Komatsu (Hachi)
Kenichi Matsuyama
Shinichi Okazaki
Ryuhei Matsuda
Ren Honjou
Tetsuji Tamayama
Takumi Ichinose
Tomomi Maruyama
Yasushi Takagi
Saeko
Sachiko Kawamura
Yuna Ito
Reira Serizawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kentaro Otani
Writers: Kentaro Otani, Ai Yazawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Nana Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kentaro Otani, shot by Kazuhiro Suzuki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Mika Nakashima and Aoi Miyazaki and Kenichi Matsuyama carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0471834 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kentaro Otani directs. Kazuhiro Suzuki behind the camera. Shuichi Kakesu cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 21 years ago.
2Part of the "Nana Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Kentaro Otani, shot by Kazuhiro Suzuki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Shuichi Kakesu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Mika Nakashima and Aoi Miyazaki and Kenichi Matsuyama carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0471834 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 10 themes, including "friendship", "roommates", "punk rock", "female friendship".

The technical file

Cinematography: Kazuhiro Suzuki
Editing: Shuichi Kakesu
Production design: Norihiro Isoda
Costume design: Satoe Araki
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Nana (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes: 86% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 4,280 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

2 nominations total

Part of

Nana Collection

On board the train to Tokyo to meet her boyfriend Shoji, Nana Komatsu ("Hachi") happened to sit beside Nana Osaki who was traveling to Tokyo to fulfill her dreams of becoming a musician. The vocalist for her punk band "Blast", Nana aims for a major debut for "Blast" in Tokyo where her boyfriend, Ren, is the guitarist for a popular band "Trapnest". Sharing the same name "Nana", both girls quickly form a bond of friendship. Their paths cross again when they encounter each other while searching for accomodation in Tokyo. Eventually they decide to live together in the same unit and this further strengthens their bond as the two "Nana(s)" go through their love lives and career in Tokyo.