Based on the short story “TONY TAKITANI” by Haruki Murakami
Jan,2005 RELEASE

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WILCO Co.,Ltd.

Production :
WILCO Co., Ltd.

Distributed by
TOKYO TEATRE

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AWARD / FESTIVAL :
Award in 57th Locarno International Film Festival./Switzerland
-Special JURY Prize.
-The International Federation of Film Critics.
-The Junior Jury Awards.
Vancouver IFF 2004/Canada
9th PUSAN international film Festival./Korea
-PPP Screening
London FF 2004/England
Hof IFF 2004/Germany
2005 Sundance Film Festival./America
-World Dramatic Competition
2005Las Palmas Gran Canaria International Film Festival./Spain
-jury’s special award.
Brugge Cinema Novo 2005/Belgium
-the AMAKOUROU Award of the Province of West-Flanders.
Hong Kong IFF 2005 Gala Presentation/China
Jeonju IFF 2005/Korea
Istanbul IFF 2005/Turkey
Barcelona Asian FF 2005/Spain
Frankfurt Nippon Connection 2005/Germany
Leipzig Cinematheque 2005/Germany
Melbourne IFF 2005/Australia
Karlovy Vary IFF 2005/Czech Republic
Warsaw Era New Horizons 2005/Poland
Durban IFF 2005/South Africa
Midnight Sun IFF2005/Finland
Singapore Film Sosiety Japanese FF 2005/Singapore
Films From The South IFF 2005/Norway
20th Takasaki Film Festival Best Film Award/Japan
2006 Independent Spirit Awards of Best Foreign Film/America

CAST :
Issey Ogata
Rie Miyazawa
Hidetoshi Nishijima (Narration)

STAFF :
Screenplay & Directed by JUN ICHIKAWA
Music : Ryuichi Sakamoto

Based on the short story ‘Tony Takitani’　by Haruki Murakami