Jigyaku no uta (2007)

Despite all signs pointing toward potential heartbreak, a woman and man begin a romance.

Director:

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Writers:

Yoshiie Goda, Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Stars:

Miki Nakatani, Hiroshi Abe, Maki Carousel

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Miki Nakatani	...	Yukie Morita
Hiroshi Abe	...	Isao Hayama
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maki Carousel
Dante Carver
Takashi Deguchi
Yoshikazu Ebisu
Ken'ichi Endô
Norihito Kaneko
Aja Kong
Suzuki Matsuo
Yûko Natori	...	Miwako
Toshiyuki Nishida	...	Ieyasu Morita
Tamaki Oka	...	Sachie Morita
Raita Ryû
Mayumi Sada	...	Akiko Morita

Storyline

Despite all signs pointing toward potential heartbreak, a woman and man begin a romance.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Shochiku [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

27 October 2007 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Happily Ever After

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,036,253

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avex Entertainment, Dentsu, Eisei Gekijo

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Close, but not quite

This movie is like 3 different films mixed in one. The first half is hard, wacky comedy. Nakatani Miki and Abe Hiroshi's chemistry was great, and I was laughing the whole time. Most of the second half, however, is straight up drama. It was a long reminiscence sequence that I found to be a bit too draggy. The last 15 minutes of this film is inspirational tear-jerker.

Although the ending really moved me, I wish they just stuck with comedy for this manga-based film. They tried to make it a bit too deep for a comedy with the drama section, and it just ruined the whole film. The ending features an epiphany scene that I personally love seeing in Japanese films, but it just wasn't enough to save this film.

I was once again impressed with Abe Hiroshi's versatility though, he just seems so natural in every single role he takes on. Nakatani Miki also did a very fine job in her rare leading role. Not great, but still a film worth watching.