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RUNTIME
Did you know
84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Michiko Kichise
Tomoko Aizawa
EXILE MAKIDAI
Tatasuo Kijima
Tokio Emoto
Makiko Watanabe
Yuto Kobayashi
Ryuzo Tanaka
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Masahiro Kobayashi
- Writers
- Masahiro Kobayashi
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Masahiro Kobayashi directs. Naoki Kaneko cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 17 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Editor Naoki Kaneko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Michiko Kichise and EXILE MAKIDAI and Tokio Emoto carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt1418826 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Naoki Kaneko
- Runtime
- 84 min · 1h 24m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Masahiro Kobayashi
Production companies
Who made it
Grand Marble
JP
- CI
Circus (II)
- GE
Genome Entertainment
Key crew
- Production ManagerYasumi Morimitsu
- EditorNaoki Kaneko
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- japan
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2009-09-19
Also known as
International titles
- ByakuyaJP
