Completed - JAPANESE - Romance, Drama - 113 minutes
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Masaharu TAKE Writer(s) : Shin ADACHI Cast : Sakura ANDO, Hirofumi ARAI Producer(s) : Gen SATO (TOEI VIDEO COMPANY, LTD.)
32-year-old Ichiko (Sakura Ando) lives at home with her parents, passing the days in self-indulgent grunginess. Ichiko's recently divorced younger sister Fumiko has moved back home with her young son. One day, after a particularly heated argument, Ichiko charges out of the house for good. With few employment options to support herself, Ichiko works the night shift at a 100 yen shop (dollar store). One her way home each day she passes a boxing gym where she watches Yuji Kano (Hirofumi Arai) silently practice, developing a crush on him. The pair start seeing each other and things change for Ichiko... At last, the bell rings and longtime loser Ichiko's rematch with life begins!
Country(ies) : JAPAN
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Tokyo International Film Festival 2014 (Best Picture Award at Japan Splash Division)Udine Far East Film Festival 2015Taipei Film Festival 2015Taipei Film Festival 2015Nippon Connection 2015Japan Cuts 2015Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2015Shanghai International Film Festival 2015Fantasia International Film Festival 2015San Francisco Japan Film Festival 2015Vancouver International Film Festival 2015Offically submitted and representing Japan for the US Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film 2015