Kiki's Delivery Service (2014 film)
| Kiki's Delivery Service | |
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 Official movie poster | |
| Directed by | Takashi Shimizu |
| Produced by | Haruo Umekawa |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on |
Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono |
| Starring |
Fūka Koshiba Ryōhei Hirota |
| Music by | Taro Iwashiro[1] |
| Cinematography | Sohei Tanikawa[1] |
| Edited by | Ayumu Takahashi[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toei Company Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan[1] |
| Language | Japanese |
Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便 Majo no Takkyūbin) is a Japanese film released in 2014. It was directed by Takashi Shimizu and based on the children's fantasy novel of the same name.[2][3]
Cast
- Fuka Koshiba as Kiki
- Ryōhei Hirota as Tombo
- Machiko Ono as Osono, the baker
- Hiroshi Yamamoto as Fukuo, her husband
- Miho Kanazawa as Saki
- Rie Miyazawa as Kokiri
- Michitaka Tsutsui as Okino
- Minako Kotobuki as voice of Jiji the cat
- Tadanobu Asano as Dr. Ishi
- LiLiCo as voice of radio DJ
Release
Kiki's Delivery Service was released in Japan on March 1, 2014.[1] It was the third highest-grossing film on its release in Japan, making ¥128 million (US$1.25 million) from 117,000 admissions on 281 screens.[4]
Reception
Film Business Asia gave the film a four out of ten rating, referring to the film as "bland, charmless and undramatic".[1] The review stated that actress Fuka Koshiba was "way too mature for the 13-year-old, waifish Kiki and has a forced perkiness that drags the action down" and stated that "the visual and special effects are more run-of-the-mill 20th century than state-of-the-art 21st"[1] Variety gave the film a negative review, noting "its charmless heroine, leaden storytelling and dime-store production values unlikely to bewitch anyone except tiny tots."[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Elley, Derek (March 2, 2014). "Kiki's Delivery Service". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Live-Action Kiki's Delivery Service's Teaser Video Streamed". Anime News Network. 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ↑ "More of Live-Action Kiki's Delivery Service Cast Revealed in Costume". Anime News Network. 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ↑ Ma, Kevin (March 4, 2014). "The Hobbit tops Japan box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ↑ Lee, Maggie (March 1, 2014). "Kiki’s Delivery Service". Variety. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Kiki's Delivery Service on IMDb