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Haru

(Haru)

（ハル）

(c)光和インターナショナル

Release Date: March, 9th, 1996

Running Time: 118 min

Genre: Drama , Romance , Feature

Color: Color

Screening Format: DCP,Blu-ray,DVD

Screen Size: -

Sound Processing: -

Screening Format with Subtitles: English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

MORITA Yoshimitsu

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

MORITA Yoshimitsu ── Screenplay
TAKASE Hiroshi ── Cinematography
NORIKI Soichi ── Music
SAHASHI Toshihiko ── Music

[ Production Company ]

Kouwa International

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOHO

[ Story ]

Ingenious film about romance released in 1996 by director Morita Yoshimitsu, who passed away in 2011 at the age of 61. His original script portrays a love story between a man and women connected online in the days before the Internet was commonplace.
Hayami (Uchino Masaaki) is a young office worker posting online as "Haru." He gets to know Mitsue (Fukatsu Eri), a female office worker who goes by the handle "Hoshi," and they start exchanging emails. They don't know other's face or real name, but they soon develop a bond that seems like friendship.

[ Contact (International) ]

Kouwa International Co., Ltd
5F Orix Ebisu-Nishi Bldg, 2-8-10 Ebisu-Nishi, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 150-0021, Japan
tel: +81-3-3496-6908
fax: +81-3-3496-8225
E-mail: info@kouwa-int.com
http://kouwa-int.com

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