South Bound
SOUTH BOUND
(c)2007 “SOUTH BOUND” Film Partners
(c)2007 “SOUTH BOUND” Film Partners
(c)2007“SOUTH BOUND” Film Partners
- Release Date
- October, 6th, 2007
- Running Time
- 114 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
- Sound Processing
- Other
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi ── UEHARA Ichiro
- AMAMI Yuki ── UEHARA Sakura
[ Staff ]
- KADOKAWA Tsuguhiko ── General Producer
- INOUE Taiichi ── Exective Producer
- MORITA Yoshimitsu ── Screenplay
- OKUDA Hideo ── Original Story
- OKIMURA Yukihiro ── Cinematography
- TANAKA Shinji ── Editor
- OSHIMA Michiru ── Music
- YAMAZAKI Hidemitsu ── Art Director
[ Production Company ]
“SOUTH BOUND” Film Partners, Kadokawa Pictures, Japan Fiim Fund, NTT DoCoMo, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (JAPAN)
[ Story ]
Film adaptation of a novel of the same title by a Naoki award-winning writer, Okuda Hideo, directed by Morita Yoshimitsu who directed a re-make of Sanjuro. It portrays a family that is always at the beck and call of their reckless father but manages to strengthen their bonds, and the growth of their children.
Uehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who are both ex-extremists, his elder sister and a younger sister. Children look coldly at their father, Ichiro (Toyokawa Etsushi), who does not work but is quick at lashing out for anything illogical. One day, Jiro snaps at a junior high school student in the neighborhood who ridiculed his parents and causes a violent incident. Being tired of all the fuss made by the school and the response from the child welfare, the Uehara family moves to the island of Iriomotejima, father's hometown. However, the island is in the midst of a row over a development plan to build resort facilities, and the family is sucked into the mayhem. Ichiro and his wife Sakura are arrested, but they break loose. They are forced to live a life as fugitives, and are unable to live with their children. The children, however, understand that their parents do not want to succumb to the establishment and support them.
[ Official Site ]
[ Contact (International) ]
KADOKAWA CORPORATION
International Sales, Motion Picture Business
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Rep: NATSUNO Takeshi (President)
Attn: MORI Chiyo
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