Release Date

December, 8th, 2023

Running Time

126 min

Genre

Drama , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

• TODA Akihiro

[ Produced by ]

• KAMEYAMA Nobuo

[ Cast ]

• SUGISAKI Hana ── KAWABE Ichiko
• WAKABA Ryuya ── HASEGAWA Yoshinori
• MORINAGA Yuki ── KITA Hidekazu

[ Staff ]

• TODA Akihiro ── Original Story
• KAMIMURA Naho ── Screenplay
• TODA Akihiro ── Screenplay
• HARUKI Kosuke ── Cinematography
• TODA Akihiro ── Editor
• SHIGENO Masamichi ── Music

[ Production Company ]

"ICHIKO" Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Happinet Phantom Studios

[ Story ]

Film adaptation of the play "Kawabe Ichiko no tameni", the flagship production for director Toda Akihiro's Cheese Theater.
Kawabe Ichiko (Sugisaki Hana) vanishes the day after Hasegawa Yoshinori (Wakaba Ryuya), the boyfriend she's been living with for three years, proposes marriage. Hasegawa is distraught and after talking with lieutenant Goto (Uno Shohei) and people who knew Ichiko, he discovers that she used to go by a different name. Eventually he arrives at the truth of her incredible past.

[ Official Site ]

https://happinet-phantom.com/ichiko-movie/

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2023 Busan International Film Festival, Jiseok
2023 Tokyo International Film Festival, Nippon Cinema Now
2024 Göteborg Film Festival, International Competition

[ Contact (International) ]

Happinet Phantom Studios Corp (formerly Phantom Film Co., Ltd.)
International Acquisitions and Sales
9F, A-PLACE Yoyogi Bldg., 5-23-15 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051
Rep: KONISHI Keisuke
Attn: HATANO Rie
tel: +81-3-6862-0361
fax: +81-3-6862-0363
E-mail: rie.hatano@hsn.happinet.co.jp
https://happinet-phantom.com