Sayonara Midori-chan

Sayonara Midori

(c) Sayonara Midori Production Committee/BS-i, INC./Fujiga Office Co., LTD./Happinet Pictures/TYO Productions, INC./MAZRI, INC./TBS SERVICE, INC.

Release Date: August, 13th, 2005

Running Time: 90 min

Genre: Feature

Color: Color

Screening Format: 35mm

Screen Size: -

Sound Processing: -

[ Directed by ]

FURUMAYA Tomoyuki

[ Produced by ]

NIWA Tamon Andrew

[ Cast ]

HOSHINO Mari ── Yuko
NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi ── Yutaka

[ Staff ]

MINAMI Q-ta ── Original Story
WATANABE Chiho ── Screenplay
IKEUCHI Yoshihiro ── Cinematography

[ Production Company ]

Sayonara Midori Production Committee, BS-i, Fujiga Office, Happinet, TYO, Mazri, TBS Service

[ Story ]

Based on the comic book of the same name by Minami Q-Ta and directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki, whose previous works include Mabudachi (Bad Company) and Robokon (Robot Contest).
Yuko (Hoshino Mari), an unassuming office filing clerk, doesn't mind that she doesn't have any friends as long as she has a nice boyfriend. She has made up her mind that Yutaka (Nishijima Hidetoshi) is the man of her dreams, but Yutaka doesn't seem to see things quite the same way. Then one day, Yutaka suddenly tells her he already has a girlfriend named Midori. Yuko, however, refuses to be put off by this trivial detail. Yuko doesn't even know Yutaka's telephone number and when she introduces him to people he doesn't admit to being her boyfriend. However, Yuko so desperately wants him to like her that when he asks her to take a part-time job at a nightclub, she agrees. As Yuko's lifestyle becomes more and more frenetic, she realizes that there are many other women in Yutaka's life. However, Yutaka somehow always seems to come back to Yuko and she puts up with this, until one day she sees him with Midori and something snaps inside her. Suddenly, for the first time in her life, she is able to voice her true feelings out loud.

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

27th Festival of the 3 Continents (Competition)
27th Festival of the 3 Continents - Silver Montgolfier; Best Directing Award, Tribute to Jacques Demy; Best Actress