Southbound (film)
| Southbound | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yoshimitsu Morita |
| Starring |
Etsushi Toyokawa Yūki Amami |
| Distributed by | Kadokawa Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Southbound (サウスバウンド Sausubaundo) is a 2007 Japanese movie directed by Yoshimitsu Morita and starring Toyokawa Etsushi and Amami Yūki. Based on the novel of the same name by Hideo Okuda, it tells the story of a schoolboy whose family moves from Tokyo to Okinawa.[1]
It began filming in May 2007 in Tokyo; the crew went to Okinawa for on-location filming at the end of June.[2][3] Its theme song is "Eien no Uta", from the single of the same name by Nakashima Mika.[4]
Cast
- Etsushi Toyokawa as Ichiro Uehara
- Yūki Amami as Sakura Uehara
- Shuto Tanabe as Jiro Uehara
- Rina Matsumoto as Momoko Uehara
- Keiko Kitagawa as Yoko Uehara
- Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Officer Niigaki
- Mitsuru Hirata as the Principal
- Hideko Yoshida
References
- ↑ サウスバウンド(2007) (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
- ↑ "豊川さんら熱演 サウスバウンド撮影好調 (Enthusiastic performance from Toyokawa; Southbound's filming going well)". Ryūkyū Shimpō. 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
- ↑ "インタビュー - 奥田英朗 (Interview - Okuda Hideo)" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. 2005-07-13. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
- ↑ "中島美嘉、ニューシングル「永遠の詩」映画主題歌決定 (Nakashima Mika's new single "Eien no Uta" to be used as movie theme song)" (in Japanese). Barks. 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-09-10.