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6.3/10   64 votes
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Writer:
Shinobu Yaguchi (written by)
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Release Date:
15 November 2008 (Japan) more
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Plot:
A great variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Light, fun flight more (3 total)

Cast

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Seiichi Tanabe ... Kazuhiro Suzuki
Saburô Tokitô ... Noriyoshi Harada
Haruka Ayase ... Etsuko Saito
Kazue Fukiishi ... Mari Tanaka
Shinobu Terajima ... Reiko Yamazaki
Ittoku Kishibe ... Shoji Takahashi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bengaru
Noriko Eguchi ... Air-traffic Controller
Akira Emoto ... Etsuko's father
Shizuka Fujimoto ... Passenger
Tomoharu Hasegawa
Mika Hijii
Kami Hiraiwa
Aiko Ito ... Air-traffic Controller
Kiho Kashiro
Hana Kino ... Etsuko's mother
Fumiyo Kohinata ... Captain
Bokuzô Masana ... Passenger
Sanae Miyata ... Air-traffic Controller
Ryû Morioka
Yoshiyuki Morishita ... Magazine Reporter
Yasuhi Nakamura
Takashi Sasano ... Passenger
Daikichi Sugawara ... Passenger
Tomoko Tabata ... Natsumi Kimura
Naoto Takenaka ... Passenger
Tetsushi Tanaka
Ryôsei Tayama
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Japan:103 min
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Come Fly with Me more

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Light, fun flight, 11 September 2009
7/10
Author: poikkeus from San Francisco

Shinobu Yaguchi made his directorial mark with giddy comedies like My Secret Cache, Waterboys, and Swing Girls, and this film takes his comedy (of sorts) to the friendly skies.

Happy Flight is a buoyant entertainment, with situations springing from the familiar context of the airport and environs. The cast is uniformly agreeable, showing their skills at light, breezy material. If anything, the comedy is perhaps too light; unlike Yaguchi's other blithe offerings, there's a certain paucity of fresh gags to keep the whole thing running smooth. The talented Haruka Ayase proved her comic skill with Hotaro no Hikaru; the movie Cyborg Girl gave her a platform for a clever, funny dual role. Here, however, the writing doesn't allow Ayase to make much of her character or situation. Other actors have the same problem.

The situations were engaging for the most part, but never seemed to result in comic payoff. Given the level of talent here, one expect a bit more.

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