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One Million Yen Girl

Original title: Hyakuman-en to nigamushi onna
  • 2008
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2.1K
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Yû Aoi in One Million Yen Girl (2008)
Drama

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and ... Read allA 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

  • Director
    • Yuki Tanada
  • Writer
    • Yuki Tanada
  • Stars
    • Yû Aoi
    • Mirai Moriyama
    • Pierre Taki
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    2.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yuki Tanada
    • Writer
      • Yuki Tanada
    • Stars
      • Yû Aoi
      • Mirai Moriyama
      • Pierre Taki
    • 9User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Yû Aoi
    Yû Aoi
    • Suzuko Satô
    Mirai Moriyama
    • Ryôhei Nakajima
    Pierre Taki
    Pierre Taki
    • Haruo Fujii
    • (as Piêru Taki)
    Terunosuke Takezai
    Terunosuke Takezai
    • Yuuki
    Ryûsei Saitô
    • Takuya Satô
    Sumie Sasaki
    • Fujii Kinu
    Noriko Eguchi
    Kami Hiraiwa
    Keisuke Horibe
    Keisuke Horibe
    Tarô Ishida
    Midoriko Kimura
    Midoriko Kimura
    Kôta Mizumori
    • Noguchi
    Moro Morooka
    Moro Morooka
      Ayumu Saitô
      Takashi Sasano
      • Siraishi - Master of Kissaten 'White'
      Kyûsaku Shimada
      Kyûsaku Shimada
      Shûsei Uto
      Ken'ichi Yajima
      Ken'ichi Yajima
      • Director
        • Yuki Tanada
      • Writer
        • Yuki Tanada
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      User reviews9

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      10sftxrrry

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      Best movie ever. Not only is the plot simple, but its understandable. The movie is cute, funny, quirky and has an overall misty feel to it. I love the acting, music, character choices and how they play out the movie. The end made me absolutely bawl. The way he was only using her money to make her stay was absolutely amazing. I love the entire movie and EVERY scene of the movie. This has been my favourite movie since 2009 when I first saw it. Not only is this movie special to me but it has such a deep meaning. I never write reviews so this Is how you know I absolutely love this movie. I cant even fathom it.
      acerk21

      Yu Aoi Shines!

      Although Yu Aoi has been in many films before, she has always shared the spotlight with others or has played minor supporting roles. For One Million Yen Girl, this is actually her first starring role where she is the undeniable main character and she gives a knock-out performance that's worth mentioning! Her expressions of shyness, embarrassment, awkwardness, determination and loneliness are played flawlessly! I don't know what it is about Yu, but it's always so easy to sympathize with her characters. She has a certain charm and elegance about her that can easily win over any audience.

      As for the film, One Million Yen Girl is a crowd-pleasing movie with a positive message. Even though the film is a somewhat conventional "Search for Yourself" road movie, it has a not so conventional ending that I thought felt just right.

      This was an outstanding performance by Ms. Aoi and I hope she gets more opportunities to showcase her talent and star in future films. Along with Hana & Alice, it should be noted that this is her best work yet and I think only shows how effective she can be if given decent material to work with.
      6PennyReviews

      Good Enough

      What I really liked about One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman was the simplicity of the story and the acting.

      When I say simplicity, it wasn't that the plot was boring or too thin. But, the way they presented the story, the character's struggles and her way of thinking and making ends meet was really good, simple, clean and realistic. Plus, the love story was realistic as well.

      The acting, in addition, was really good. Especially the leading lady was phenomenal.

      However, the ending was so so, as it left many questions answered. And that felt like the movie was presenting just a glimpse of the girl's life.

      So, overall, six out of ten.
      10joannehe-12956

      subtle but memorable

      Comfort film material!! The ending was open ended so very thought-provoking, and i love the realism throughout the film.

      Excellent acting (though not much range is shown). Yuu aoi has a really good control of her facial expressions and body language btw.

      In terms of the plot, though, i wish we got a final conversation to happen between suzuko and the guy but honestly not too big of a deal.

      The cinematography is also absolutely beautiful. Love the composition and the colour-grading. Angles are also immaculate! :)

      i would've loved a sequel, but this movie by itself is already sufficient. It leaves a lot of questions for the viewer and has some scenes that suggest a certain direction, without overtly saying anything; those types of films tend to stay longer on the viewers' minds.
      9ethSin

      Simply fantastic

      I love these 'search for self' type road-movies, and I've seen many of them, but this is among the best.

      The movie starts with the protagonist Suzuko (Aoi Yuu) getting arrested for throwing out all of her roommate's belongings. The criminal record made it hard for her to stay home, so she saved up 1 million yen ($10000) to move to another town where nobody knows her. She repeats this process throughout the movie to keep her distance from others.

      Aoi Yuu was incredible in this movie, her control of emotion was flawless, especially in the final scene. I never realized how skinny she was though... I really connected with the protagonist. In fact, I sympathized with her character to the point it felt like I was watching myself from couple years ago. All the other actors gave excellent performance as well.

      Music in this movie matched all the scenes very well, even background noises served to heighten the tension etc. Great direction all around, and there were many beautiful scenes of various landscapes in Japan, from sea to mountain, countryside to city.

      This film had many memorable scenes, and the story was very intriguing. I especially liked that line, "I don't want to search for myself, I'm here even if I don't want to be here." We all try to escape from reality sometimes, I'm sure this movie would give you courage to face your problems.

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      • Release date
        • July 19, 2008 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman
      • Filming locations
        • Ageo, Saitama, Japan
      • Production companies
        • Nikkatsu
        • Wowow Films
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      • Gross worldwide
        • $3,861,643
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 1 minute
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital
        • DTS
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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