| Paco and the Magical (Picture) Book | |
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| Directed by | Tetsuya Nakashima |
| Produced by | Yutaka Suzuki |
| Written by | Hirohito Goto original play, Nobuhiro Monma, Tetsuya Nakashima screenplay |
| Starring | Kôji Yakusho, Ayaka Wilson, Satoshi Tsumabuki |
| Music by | Gabriele Roberto |
| Cinematography | Shoichi Ato, Atsushi Ozawa |
| Editing by | Yoshiyuki Koike |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) | September 13, 2008 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Paco and the Magical (Picture) Book (パコと魔法の絵本 Pako to Mahō no Ehon) is a 2008 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on a Japanese play by Hirohito Goto.
It was shown at the Munich sian Filmfest in 2008[1] and has been nominated for three awards for the 2009 Asian Film Awards.[2] Actors Koji Yakusho, and Ayaka Wilson and director Tetsuya Nakashima have been nominated for the 2008 Japanese Academy Award.[3]
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The movie is set in a hospital where "strange" people are sent.
One of the older, gruffer patients, Onuki, is quite annoyed with the arrival of Paco. She is in the hospital due to a memory disorder- she can only remember the events of one day at a time. Each day she reads a pop-up children's book, and often asks Onuki to read to her. Each day it is a new story for her.
Eventually, the two of them develop a friendship, and Onuki decides to enlist the help of the other people in the hospital to perform a play of the book, hoping it will help Paco.
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