Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together (2018)

A group of friends from high school reunite before one of them dies from cancer.

Director:

Hitoshi Ône

Writers:

Hyeong-Cheol Kang (based on the film by), Hitoshi Ône (screenplay)

Stars:

Ryôko Shinohara, Suzu Hirose, Yuka Itaya

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ryôko Shinohara	...	Nami
Suzu Hirose	...	Young Nami
Yuka Itaya	...	Serika
Eiko Koike	...	Yuko
Maika Yamamoto	...	Young Serika
Rie Tomosaka	...	Shin
Miu Tomita	...	Young Ume Hayashi
Naomi Watanabe	...	Ume
Mio Noda	...	Young Yuko
Elaiza Ikeda	...	Nana
Karin Ono	...	Mirei Buritani
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hirofumi Arai	...	Arai
Lily Franky	...	Private Detective Nakagawa
Jun Hashimoto	...	(Nami's fathter)
Midoriko Kimura	...	(Nami's mothter)

Storyline

A group of friends from high school reunite before one of them dies from cancer.

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Plot Keywords:

school | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Musical

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Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of Sseo-ni (2011)

User Reviews

4/10

I was excited seeing Hirose playing the Japanese version of Nami. I really thought this remake would at least do the original movie justice unlike other hollywood remakes of asian movies.

However, I don't think this remake was intended for international audience. it's more like they're making this for Japanese audience only.

There's so many memorable scenes in the original movie that's just plain and boring in the remake. and the ultimate no no for me was when they change the sunny soundtrack into an unknown Japanese song (at least to me) and came up with a lame dialogue for them to explain why they chose Sunny as their gang name.

but then again, I'm not much of a Japanese drama fans. and I'm seeing the remake with the original movie goggle.

So if you're into Japanese dramedy and you haven't watched the original. Watch this first and then the original that way you'll be less disappointed. That's what I did with My sassy girl. i watched the hollywood version and thought it was great, then I watched the Korean (original) version and JAWDROPPED IT WAS A FAR BETTER MOVIE.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

31 August 2018 (Japan)

Also Known As:

SUNNY 強い気持ち・強い愛

Filming Locations:

Sayama, Saitama, Japan

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,799,863

Company Credits

Production Co:

CJ E&M, Office Crescendo, Toho Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1