One Day in January

2012 1h 18m JA

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BANGER

★8.0TMDB

Drama

Synopsis

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Every year on the fourth of January, Shobei's soba restaurant serves "Sanada Soba"; soba noodles topped with grated spicy daikon radish. Even regulars refrain from coming to the restaurant because of the extra spicy soba. But on year, a stranger comes in and finishes the bowl, announcing that it tastes familiar. The man begins to visit every year on the 4th of January to eat Sanada Soba. Shobei develops a warm feeling towards the peculiar customer he interacts with once a year.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ken Matsudaira
Akira Emoto
Yoshie Ichige
Shozo Uesugi
Ryota Nakanishi
Sei Hiraizumi
Toru Masuoka
Baijaku Nakamura

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Akira Inoue
Writers: Narito Kaneko
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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Fun facts 🍿

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RUNTIME

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Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Onihei Gaiden" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 5

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Ken Matsudaira and Akira Emoto and Yoshie Ichige carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Akira Inoue directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Part of the "Onihei Gaiden" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Ken Matsudaira and Akira Emoto and Yoshie Ichige carry the top of the cast.

The technical file

Runtime: 78 min · 1h 18m
Status: Released
Original language: JA

Part of

Onihei Gaiden

Onihei Gaiden is a series of Japanese historical films and television dramas based on novels by Shōtarō Ikenami, focusing on stories from the "thieves" side, distinct from the main Samurai Detective Onihei series. It tells tales from the perspective of criminals, such as bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon or the events surrounding the notorious thief Kumagorō. These side stories provide a look into the lives of common people and outlaws in Edo-period Japan.