PACO to maho no ehon
PACO and the Magical Book
(c)2008 PACO and the Magical Book film partners
(c)2008 PACO and the Magical Book film partners
- Release Date
- September, 13th, 2008
- Running Time
- 105 min
- Genre
- Science Fiction/Fantasy , Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- YAKUSHO Koji ── ONUKI
- Ayaka WILSON ── Paco
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi ── MUROMACHI
- TSUCHIYA Anna ── Tamako
[ Staff ]
- NAKASHIMA Tetsuya ── Screenplay
- MONMA Nobuhiro ── Screenplay
- Elvis GOTO (a.k.a. GOTO Hirohito) ── Original Story
- ATO Shoichi ── Director of Photography
- OZAWA Atsushi ── Director of Photography
- KOIKE Yoshiyuki ── Editor
- Gabriele ROBERTO ── Music
- KUWASHIMA Towako ── Production Design
[ Production Company ]
PACO and the Magical Book film partners
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Toho
[ Story ]
Based on Midsummer Carol - Gama Oji vs Zarigani Majin, which was written by a playwright Goto Hirohito and performed in 2004 to great public acclaim. Director of Kamikaze Girls and Memories of Matsuko, both impressively pop-colored films, Nakashima Tetsuya has adapted this to a film with a fresh interpretation. The combination of the three-dimensional CG and live action in the climax is the first attempt of its kind in a feature film in Japan.
The story takes place at a hospital where people are all eccentric. Most of all, Onuki (Yakusho Koji) is a selfish old man who has built up a company in his lifetime. Also there is Paco (Ayaka Wilson), a girl whose memory is limited to one day at a time due to an accident. Onuki is disliked by everyone but he gradually becomes a warmer person as he interacts with Paco. Every morning when Paco wakes up, she is convinced that it is her 7th birthday and hence reads a picture book given to her by her mother as a present. Onuki persuades the people at the hospital and they decide to put on a performance of Gama Oji vs Zarigani Majin (The Toad Prince vs the Crayfish Magician) for Paco at the annual Christmas event in summer.
[ Official Site ]
[ Contact (International) ]
HAKUHODO DY MUSIC & PICTURES (SHOWGATE INC.)
Akasaka Biz Tower, 5-3-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6321
Attn: International Sales Group
E-mail: isales@hakuhodody-map.jp
http://www.hakuhodody-map.jp
