Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love (2005)
"Hinokio" (original title)

Director:

Takahiko Akiyama

Writers:

Takahiko Akiyama (screenplay), Masumi Suetani (screenplay),

Stars:

Masatoshi Nakamura, Kanata Hongô, Mikako Tabe

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Masatoshi Nakamura	...	Kaoru Iwamoto
Kanata Hongô	...	Satoru Iwamoto
Mikako Tabe	...	Jun Kudo
Maki Horikita	...	Eriko Akishima
Ryôko Kobayashi	...	Sumire Takasaka
Yuta Murakami	...	Jouichi Hosono
Ryo Kato	...	Kenta Hirai
Sachie Hara	...	Natsuko Fubuki
Riho Makise	...	Yuko Sakagami
Mieko Harada	...	Sayuri Iwamoto
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yuki Murakami	...	(as Yuta Murakami)
Misako Nagashima
Ryo Sato	...	(as Ryo Kato)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

japanese | robot | boy | japan | teen

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Taglines:

Intergalactic Love

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

9 July 2005 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$20,388 (Hong Kong) (23 September 2005)

Gross:

$115,152 (Hong Kong) (23 September 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eisei Gekijo, H-Partners, Hinokio Film Venturer

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Good east movie with west charms

It's a good movie, worth too look. The cinematography is well. The visual effect are erection yet soft. The storyline is dramatic.The characters are really Japanese stereotype, but some things are too Western. The Purgatory theme are based on the west (Christian) belief. Instead using the Samsara belief, the movie-maker try to make this film goes international by adding some west "charms", such as the purgatory (linear life), English languished theme songs, and Pinokio fable (the Blue Fairy is Eriko in the game or maybe God Himself). Somehow, it's remind me to Artificial Intelegence (Spielberg's), but the idea of taking control the robot is Japanese typical (so many films in Japan that the heroes controlling some mecha to beat the bad guy). The act of the players are good, the director choose the correct players to depict the characters (jun is so tomboy but sweet, Eriko is so pretty, the mother is so beautiful). For me, it's a fine teenage love story. Adults can take some lesson from it. Moreover, it's a story about family, how to develop good relations inside the family. Well, some things are irrational (the technology, the magic), but it's really a heartwarming movie.