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Director: Lee Sang-Il

Cast: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yu Aoi

Synopsis

It is 1965 and in Japan, the country has started to shift from coal to oil. One by one the old mining towns begin their long slow decline. But for one small town way up north, its leaders and mining company officials have come up with an idea to develop Japan’s first Hawaiian Village. And what’s a Hawaiian Village without a troupe of Hula dancers? The only problem is, no one knows how to do the dance, or even knows what the Hula is! In this hilariously touching comedy, the skepticism and conservatism of the locals is gradually overcome as their daughters fall under the spell of one talented and determined dance instructor from the big city of Tokyo. (more…)

Be With You (いま、会いにゆきます, Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu, 2004), is a Japanese drama movie, directed by Nobuhiro Doi. It was adapted to sceen by Yoshikazu Okada from a novel of Takuji Ichikawa.

Cast

• Yūko Takeuchi – Mio Aio (秋穂澪)
• Shido Nakamura – Takumi Aio (Aio Takumi 秋穂巧)
• Akashi Takei (武井証) [1] – 6 year old Yuji Aio (秋穂佑司)
• Karen Miyama – Aya (Yuji’s classmate)
• Yosuke Asari (浅利陽介) [2] – Takumi (high school days)
• Yuuta Hiraoka (平岡祐太) [3] – Yuji (18 years old)
• Chihiro Otsuka – Mio (high school days)
• Mikako Ichikawa – Midori Nagase (永瀬みどり) (Takumi’s co-worker) (more…)

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