The Miracles of the Namiya General Store (2017)

A general store that gives advice turns magical one night. Accidentally, the time line switched which somehow makes the current present and the best present for the people who want to be advised.

Director:

Ryuichi Hiroki

Writers:

Keigo Higashino (based on the novel by), Hiroshi Saitô (screenplay)

Stars:

Masato Hagiwara, Kento Hayashi, Mugi Kadowaki

7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Masato Hagiwara	...	Takayuki Namiya
Kento Hayashi	...	Katsuro Matsuoka
Mugi Kadowaki	...	Seri
Nijirô Murakami	...	Shota Kobayashi
Riko Narumi	...	Akiko Minazuki
Toshiyuki Nishida	...	Yuuji Namiya
Machiko Ono	...	Harumi Tamura
Kan'ichirô Satô
Tatsuya Shirato
Ryôsuke Yamada	...	Mieko
Rio Yamashita

Storyline

Three derelicts are stuck inside an old store and cannot leave. They regroup to consider their options overnight. Then the mail arrives unexpectedly. It turns out that the building's owner doled out advice to anyone who wrote him and placed the replies for the seekers to collect. The three notice that this story is decades old.

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Plot Keywords:

store | advice | letter | post | question | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was part of the line-up at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Toronto in 2018.

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Connections

Version of Namiya (2017)

User Reviews

Deeply moving

I was deeply touched by this movie and its complexity and how well story was connected. Thank you for making this great movie. 100% recommendation.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

23 September 2017 (Japan)

Also Known As:

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,871,918

Company Credits

Production Co:

J Storm, Kadokawa Daiei Studios, Kadokawa

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1