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| Directed by | Shinji Aoyama |
| Produced by | Takenori Sento |
| Written by | Shinji Aoyama |
| Starring | Kōji Yakusho Aoi Miyazaki Masaru Miyazaki Yoichiro Saito |
| Music by | Isao Yamada Shinji Aoyama |
| Cinematography | Masaki Tamura |
| Editing by | Shinji Aoyama |
| Release date(s) | January 20, 2000 (Japan) May 4, 2001 (USA) |
| Running time | 218 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Eureka is a 2000 Japanese film directed and written by Shinji Aoyama. It stars Kōji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, and Masaru Miyazaki.
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Eureka is a drama, set mainly in rural Japan, and is mostly shot in sepia tone. It tells the story of a young boy and girl, Naoki Tamura and Kozue Tamura who are on a bus when it is hijacked by a crazed killer. They, along with the bus driver, Makoto Sawai, are the only survivors and flee together. But upon their attempted return to their normal lives, Makoto becomes a suspect in a series of murders and the children become orphaned. These numerous unfortunate events bring the three, along with the orphans' cousin, Akihiko, back together, forming a family and working toward reconciliation from the shared hijacking experience.
Eureka won the FIPRESCI Prize and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival[1] and won the Singapore International Film Festival's Silver Screen Award in 2001.
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