Oto-na-ri (2009)

Nojima Satoshi (Okada Junichi) is a photographer whose job depends on his friend Shingo, a model, who in turn is in a middle of a career crisis... See full synopsis »

Director:

Naoto Kumazawa

Writers:

Naoto Kumazawa (screenplay), Yukiko Manabe (screenplay)

Stars:

Jun'ichi Okada, Kumiko Asô, Mitsuki Tanimura

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jun'ichi Okada	...	Satoshi
Kumiko Asô	...	Nanao
Mitsuki Tanimura	...	Akane
Yoshinori Okada	...	Himuro
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi	...	Shingo
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mitsuru Hirata
Mikako Ichikawa
Tomohiro Kaku
Leo Morimoto
Yutaka Shimizu
Maho Toyota

Storyline

Nojima Satoshi (Okada Junichi) is a photographer whose job depends on his friend Shingo, a model, who in turn is in a middle of a career crisis... See full synopsis »

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

16 May 2009 (Japan)

Company Credits

Production Co:

J Storm, Studio Blue Co.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A light romance that's unconventional and done just right

Oto-na-ri is a somewhat unconventional romantic movie starring a JE actor who can actually act. Why the movie is unconventional, you actually need to watch it because I don't want to ruin the movie for you. For me, the color was a little dark, but that probably has to do with the whole sound-without-sight idea (again, if you're just reading this it might be confusing - the movie is about two neighbors who don't meet; they follow each other's life through the sounds in the other apartment). Simple (definitely not mind-blowing by any measure), artistic, with good acting (though Okada is my favorite actor, I was more impressed by Aso's acting in this particular instance), I would re-watch Oto-na-ri again and again. It's very heart-warming, cute, yet not a conventional chick-flick. Not groundbreaking, but definitely not without merit. Recommended.