Osaka Hamlet
Osaka Hamlet
(c) "Osaka Hamlet" Production Committee
(c) "Osaka Hamlet" Production Committee
- Release Date
- January, 18th, 2009
- Running Time
- 107 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- MATSUZAKA Keiko ── KUBO Fusako
- KISHIBE Ittoku ── KUBO Takanori
- MORITA Naoyuki ── KUBO Yukio
- HAZAMA Kanpei ── KUBO Hisanori
- KATO Natsuki ── AKASHI Yuka
[ Staff ]
- MATSUSHITA Junichi ── Executive Producer
- ENDO Koji ── Music
- ITO Hidehiro ── Screenplay
- INOMOTO Masami ── Cinematography
- OBA Hayato ── Production Design
- KIKUCHI Junichi ── Editor
[ Production Company ]
Art Port, Kansai Telecasting, BLD Orienntal, Futabasha
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Art Port
[ Story ]
A collection of stories by the popular manga artist Morishita Hiromi, known for her ‘Shonen Ashibe' and other strips, has been transformed into an affecting live-action human comedy.
Director Mitsuishi Fujio (Ogya) took the helm to hportray the life of a vigorous, single-mother (plus one) family in a working-class district of Osaka, with a light, humorous touch. The film shines with extraordinary performances by an entirely persuasive ensemble cast, led by Matsuzaka Keiko in the role of the plucky mother.
After the father's sudden death, the cheerful, hard-working Fusako (Matsuzaka) is holding
together the Kubo family of three growing sons. Then a mysterious man (Kishibe Ittoku) appears, claiming to be the dead father's younger brother, and the easygoing Fusako lets him move in. The sons are perplexed by this unexpected development, but Masaji (Hisano Masahiro), the eldest, a very mature 9th-grader, falls in love with a college student, while the semi-tough second son, Yukio (Morita Naoyuki), begins to have doubts about his biological parents. Meanwhile, the youngest, the grade-schooler Koki (Otsuka Tomoya) tells his classmates he wants to become a girl and earns their ridicule. It is clear the boys have troubles enough to fill their days.
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