Sugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school. His boxer dad teaches him boxing - skills used a lot.
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| Yôsuke Kubozuka | ... | Sugihara | |
| Ko Shibasaki | ... | Sakurai Tsubaki (as Kô Shibasaki) | |
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Shinobu Ôtake | ... | Michiko (mother of Sugihara) |
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... | Hideyoshi (father of Sugihara) | |
| Hirofumi Arai | ... | Won-su | |
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Mitsu Murata | ... | Katô |
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Takahito Hosoyamada | ... | Jeong-il (as Takato Hosoyamada) |
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Min Kim | ... | Naomi |
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Gye-nam Myeong | ... | Staff member of South Korean embassy |
| Tarô Yamamoto | ... | Tawake | |
| Ren Osugi | ... | Taxi driver (as Ren Ôsugi) | |
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Sansei Shiomi | ... | Mr. Kim |
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Masato Hagiwara | ... | Policeman |
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Anri Ban | ... | Kaori |
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Guin Poon Chaw | ... | Sakurai's mother (as Ginpuncho) |
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Sugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school. His boxer dad teaches him boxing - skills used a lot.
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Official submission of Japan for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 74th Academy Awards in 2002. See more »Goofs
When Sugihara and Tsubaki visits the schoolyard the second time Sugihara jumps the fence. He grabs the bar to the right of the post. In the next shot his hands are to the left. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I had to watch this film for an university class. I liked how the main character was neither this nor that- He was neither Japanese, nor Korean. Neither South nor North. At the end of the movie he seems to accept that he is a Japanese born Korean, which shocked me. What shocked me more was that he was temperamental to all hell, but he was shown actually applying to schools and whatnot. While this movie does embody some patriarchal strains, to classify it as a "sterotypical Japanese" film would be incorrect as it is a movie told from a teenage boy's perspective. The quirks that the main female character has is a quality that endears her to him. Likewise, it is his ability to act out of context with societal roles that endears him to her. She admits to being attracted to his eyes after a fight- because they symbolized the wildness she sees in him. It's a sweet romantic film. Would I read deeper into it? No. Nice, sweet, fluffy and dramatic, but in the end it illicits the same "aw" if you can overlook the mixed in sadness, anger, and violence that subtly permeates the film.