Good Morning, Sleeping Lion

2022 1h 26m JA

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9.0

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★9.0TMDB · 4

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Synopsis

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Kazuma Kujo recently joined an entertainment company as a manager at the age of 50. He was assigned to idol Remi Watanabe who one day decided to fulfill her dream to become an actress by auditioning to a popular drama. But there are some issues as a mysterious group known as Grim Reapers are after Remi's life. Can this middle-aged manager with a declining stamina protect his talent from those harming her? Can Remi pass her auditions? Also, what is Kujo's true identity and why he chose this job?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Seiji Takaiwa
Kazuma Kujo
Miho Watanabe
Remi Watanuki
Takayuki Tsubaki
Masaru Kioka / "Diamond"
Masahiro Inoue
Yu Hiraga / "Club"
Shun Nishime
Naoto Hayama / "Spade"
Gaku Sano
Ryosuke Hayama / "Heart"
Kazutoshi Yokoyama
Charlie
Miyuki Nishijima
Toko Totsuka [Remi's agency's director]

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Koichi Sakamoto
Writers: Yoshiyuki Mitsumasu
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Good Morning, Sleeping Lion" — 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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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Koichi Sakamoto, shot by Shu G. Momose. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Shokichi Kaneda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Seiji Takaiwa and Miho Watanabe and Takayuki Tsubaki carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Koichi Sakamoto directs. Shu G. Momose behind the camera. Yasutaka Nakamura scores. Shokichi Kaneda cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 4 years ago.
3Part of the "Good Morning, Sleeping Lion" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Koichi Sakamoto, shot by Shu G. Momose. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Yasutaka Nakamura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Shokichi Kaneda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Seiji Takaiwa and Miho Watanabe and Takayuki Tsubaki carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt19872194 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.