Be with You (2004 film)

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Be With You
Directed by Nobuhiro Doi
Written by Takuji Ichikawa (novel)
Yoshikazu Okada
Starring Yūko Takeuchi
Shido Nakamura
Release date(s) 2004
Running time 119 min.
Country Japan
Language Japanese
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Be With You (いま、会いにゆきます Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu?, 2004), is a Japanese drama, directed by Nobuhiro Doi. It was adapted by Yoshikazu Okada from a novel of Takuji Ichikawa.

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[edit] Plot summary

Mio Aio's death leaves her husband Takumi and six year-old son Yuji to fend for themselves. Takumi is congenitally disorganized, suffers occasional fainting spells, and fears that his health compromised his dead wife's happiness. Yuji overhears relatives speculate that his own difficult delivery compromised Mio's health, and blames himself for his mother's death. Mio had left Yuji a picture book; in the book, Mio departs for a celestial body she calls "the Archive Star" but reappears in Japan during the following year's rainy season; turning the pages, Yuji eagerly awaits her return.

On a walk in the forest outside their house, Takumi and Yuji find a woman sheltered from the rain, and immediately accept her as Mio. She has no memory or sense of identity; she comes home to live with the father and son anyway. This new Mio asks Taku how they met and fell in love, and he recounts a tale of years of missed chances, beginning in high school and ending when she encouraged their marriage years later. As the rainy season draws to a close, Yuji discovers the "time capsule" he hid with his mother before her death. Mio's diary is inside, and its version of the Mio-Taku romance holds the answers to the mystery.

[edit] Cast and roles

  • Yūko Takeuchi - Mio Aio (秋穂澪 Aio Mio)
  • Shido Nakamura - Takumi Aio (秋穂巧 Aio Takumi)
  • Akashi Takei (武井証) [1] - 6 year old Yuji Aio (秋穂佑司 Aio Yūji)
  • 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 Nagase Midori) (Takumi's co-worker)
  • Katsuo Nakamura - Takumi's Boss
  • You - Yuji's Teacher
  • Suzuki Matsuo - Owner of Cake Shop
  • Fumiyo Kohinata (小日向文世) [4] - Dr. Noguchi (野口医師)
  • Tokimasa Tanabe
  • Kei Tanaka

[edit] Trivia

  • Famous Okinawan alternative rock band Orange Range sang the theme song to this movie called Hana. It was the top selling single of 2005.
  • This film will be re-made in the United States in 2009. Stars who have currently signed on to the project include Jennifer Garner. The remake will be made by Garner's production company, Vandalia Films, and distributed by Warner Bros.

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