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RUNTIME
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Tight 39-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Tadaima, Jacqueline
2013 0h 39m JA
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7.5
BANGER
★7.5TMDB · 2
Synopsis
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When Satoru (Shota Sometani) was 5-years-old, he became an orphan due to a bus accident. A ventriloquist doll was at the scene of the accident. Satoru suffered deep psychological trauma from the fatal accident. 13 years later, Satoru hears from Emi (Shuri), who grew up with Satoru at the orphanage, that a King of Comedy Festival will be held, but Sumiko (Michiyo Nakahara), the manager of the orphanage, is ill. Emi asks Satoru to perform as a ventriloquist at the festival. Satoru doesn't like the idea, but the ventriloquist doll from the fatal accident, is happy to perform with Satoru again.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Shota Sometani
Michiyo Nakahara
Shuri
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Akiko Ohku
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Akiko Ohku directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 39-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 13 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Shota Sometani and Michiyo Nakahara and Shuri carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt2544314 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 39 min · 0h 39m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Akiko Ohku
Production companies
Who made it
- EI
Eiga Bi Gakkô
JP
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2013-03-07
