Akai Bunka Jutaku no Hatsuko

2007

赤い文化住宅の初子

Release Date: May, 12th, 2007

Running Time: 100 min

Genre: Drama , Feature

Color: Color

Screening Format: 35mm

Screen Size: -

Sound Processing: Stereo

[ Directed by ]

TANADA Yuki

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

HIGASHI Ayu ── Hatsuko
SHIOYA Shun ── Katsuto
SANO Kazuma ── MISHIMA
OHSUGI Ren ── Hatsuko's Father

[ Staff ]

MATSUDA Hiroko ""Akai Bunka Jutaku no Hatsuko"" published by OHTA PUBLISHING ── Orijinal Story
TANADA Yuki ── Screenplay
UA ── Theme Song
TOYOTA Michinori ── Music
SHIMOMOTO Satoshi ── Director of Photography
WATARAI Kiyomi ── Editor
TOYOTA Michinori ── Music
ISHIGE Akira ── Production Design

[ Production Company ]

TRINET ENTERTAINMENT, JVC ENTERTEINMENT, SLOW LEARNER

[ Story ]

15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager house-keeping money on adult entertainment. Hatsuko, who is poor and has no friends, finds emotional support in Mishima (Sano Kazuma), a boy in her class, who helps her with her study to go to a high school together. However, Hatsuko's brother causes trouble at the factory and gets the sack. Hatsuko gives up her dream of going to high school.
In spring, the modest relationship continues between Mishima, now a high school student, and Hatsuko who works at a biscuit factory. One day, Hatsuko's long-gone father reappears. In a drunken frenzy, he sets fire to the house to go and rejoin the mother, leaving Hatsuko without a place to live. Hatsuko leaves the town on her own, drawing strength from the promise of marriage with Mishima.
Directed by Tanada Yuki of TAKADA WATARU:A JAPANESE ORIGINAL (Takada Wataru Teki) and Moon and Cherry (Tsuki to Cherry). She also wrote the script for Sakuran in 2007, which drew a lot of public attention. Based on a comic of the same title by Matsuda Yoko.