Credited cast: | |||
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Yui | ... | Kaoru Amane |
Takashi Tsukamoto | ... | Koji Fujishiro | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Kuniko Asagi | ... | Yuki Amane |
Eri Fuse | |||
Gaku Hamada | |||
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Kintarô Hara | ||
Jun Kaname | ... | Kudou Youhei | |
Satoru Kawaguchi | |||
Gorô Kishitani | ... | Ken Amane | |
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Ken Koba | ||
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Takashi Kobayashi | ||
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Magy | ||
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Sôgen Tanaka | ... | Haruo Kato |
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Airi Tôriyama | ... | Misaki Matsumae |
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Tomohito Wakizaki |
Kaoru dreamily gazes from her bedroom window each morning just before dawn. She can see a stretch of the beach in front of her parent's house on a hill in Kamakura, but focuses upon the activity at the bus stop where Koji and his two best friends meet before going surfing. The appearance of the sun causes her to lowers the blinds and go to sleep for she suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) and exposure to the sun's rays has had the potential to kill her. At night she walks to the train station, plays her guitar and sings songs she has written, commonly returning home just a few minutes before it starts getting light. One morning she is at the bus stop singing when Koji arrives. Liking the song she was singing, he promises to go and listen to her perform as a street musician the first day of summer vacation but finds a loud and off-key man has occupied her spot. Koji improvises and takes her to Yokahama on his motor bike where her singing immediately draws a crowd. Koji marvels at ... Written by Brian Greenhalgh
quite nice movie although some parts it was quite slow moving and there was no lines, just them staring into space...the 3 songs i think sang by YUI in real-life as well as in the movie was great and suited the movie character of a street singer, it just felt to me like a MV sometimes...the movie was prodding along rather nicely but it might be slow for some not suited to Japanese-style of movies but the ending was rather quickly-done to avoid the sappiness and sadness i guess. The acting by YUI was credible considering she is a singer by profession and when she starts singing, it really shines and she really captivates the entire cinema when she does that. It doesn't help that she sings the whole song and GOODBYE DAYS was played more than once. Add to that the other 2 songs, SKYLINE and IT'S HAPPY DAYS weren't that bad either...