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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Cast
Masanori Sera
Sotaro
Saki Takaoka
Kumiko
Kumi Nakamura
Yoko
Ginji Gaō
Ryo
Kyōzō Nagatsuka
Kurokawa
Anli Sugano
Makiko
Hideo Murota
Onno
Takuzo Kadono
Hyoza
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Izo Hashimoto
- Writers
- Hiromichi Nakamoto, Izo Hashimoto
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Izo Hashimoto directs. Katsumi Yanagijima behind the camera. Yoshio Sugano cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Izo Hashimoto, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Editor Yoshio Sugano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Masanori Sera and Saki Takaoka and Kumi Nakamura carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0295896 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Katsumi Yanagijima
- Editing
- Yoshio Sugano
- Runtime
- 98 min · 1h 38m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
- IMDB
- cf Girl (1989)
Also by
Izo Hashimoto
Production companies
Who made it
TOEI CM
JP
Key crew
- Assistant DirectorIchiro Yamamoto
- NovelTakashi Kitajima
- Art DirectionMasuteru Mochizuki
- MusicMasanori Sera
- Sound RecordistTsutomu Honda
- GafferHiroyuki Yasukouchi
- EditorYoshio Sugano
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1989-10-07
