Amen, Somen and Rugger Men!

2000 1h 25m JA

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★7.0TMDB · 4

Comedy

Synopsis

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The second collection of "Rabu cinema" which the expectant six directors took in full digital video. Spoofed comedy by Director Koshi Mihara of "Heroine! Naniwa Bombers" "Burning Ping Pong". Heroine is "I can not live" Nanako Okochi. Osaka comes to a boys school in Minami Kawachi, a young female teacher from Tokyo comes Eri Morinaga. Elegi who took a hot feeling in my heart and took office in the mid-powerful coach of the rugby club. But the key members are obsessed with Eri rather than rugby! What? Eri nevertheless skillfully utilizes her eccentricity and planting passion for rugby for its members ....

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tenkyû Fukuda
Daijirô
Yumi Higashino
Marimo
Nobuo Kyô
Ponta
Tsuyoshi Miura
Guri
Hideo Tsubota
Nick
Shohei Uno
Nanako Okochi
Eri Morinaga (as Nanako Ookôchi)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mitsuhiro Mihara
Writers: Suguru Kubota
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Love Cinema" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mitsuhiro Mihara, shot by Toshimi Ikeda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ryuji Miyajima 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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Tenkyû Fukuda and Yumi Higashino and Nobuo Kyô carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mitsuhiro Mihara directs. Toshimi Ikeda behind the camera. Tatsuya Fujita scores. Ryuji Miyajima cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Love Cinema" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Mitsuhiro Mihara, shot by Toshimi Ikeda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Tatsuya Fujita. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Ryuji Miyajima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Tenkyû Fukuda and Yumi Higashino and Nobuo Kyô carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0298729 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Toshimi Ikeda
Original score: Tatsuya Fujita
Editing: Ryuji Miyajima
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Amen, Somen and Rugger Men! (2000)

Part of

Love Cinema

Love Cinema (ラブシネマ) is a series of Japanese films by CineRocket, it consists of six straight-to-video releases by independent filmmakers via a brief but exclusive run at the minuscule Shimokitazawa cinema in Tokyo. The six films were conceived as low budget exercises to explore the benefits afforded by the low-cost Digital Video medium such as the increased mobility of film and the low-lighting conditions available to the filmmakers. All six volumes are produced by Reiko Arakawa and Susumu Nakajima with Akira Saitō and Hisanori Endō serving as executive producers on all six volumes.