I Just Didn't Do It

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Movie: I Just Didn't Do It
Romaji: Soredemo boku wa yattenai
Japanese: それでもボクはやってない
Director: Masayuki Suo
Writer: Masayuki Suo
Producer: Shintaro Horikawa, Yoshino Sasaki, Daisuke Sekiguchi
Cinematographer: Naoki Kayano
Release Date: January 20, 2007
Runtime: 143 min.
Movie Studio: Fuji TV
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Teppei Kaneko (Ryo Kase) is a young guy, typical of many of his generation; he works part-time, hangs out in Tokyo and tries to figure out what life has in store for him.

He finds out the hard way. Finally getting his act together, he's on his way to his first job interview when he's accused of groping a young schoolgirl on the train.

He desperately pleads his innocence but the police are only interested in coercing a quick confession and closing the books. Before he knows what's going on his denials plunge him into a Kafka-esque world of bureaucracy and precedent.

Being held in custody is a frustrating, brutalizing and lonely experience for Teppei. The prosecutor ignores his explanations of innocence and he's summarily arraigned for trial. In Japan judges are promoted for the speed with which they deal with their caseloads with a resulting in a 99.9% guilty rate. Belying its adoption of most aspects of modern democracy, Japan does not have trial by jury and presumption of guilt is reality in all but name.

Being held in custody is a frustrating, brutalizing and lonely experience for Teppei. The prosecutor ignores his explanations of innocence and he's summarily arraigned for trail. In Japan judges are promoted for the speed with which they deal with their caseloads with a resulting in a 99.9% guilty rate. Belying its adoption of most aspects of modern democracy, Japan does not have trial by jury and presumption of guilt is reality in all but name.

Meanwhile Teppei's mother and slacker best friend Tatsu, form an unlikely alliance to organize on his behalf. As his circle of friends and supporters gathers round, so too the noose of "justice" tightens and power of the state moves against one young man who is about to have to grow up very fast.

Cast


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Ryo Kase	Koji Yakusho	Asaka Seto	Kohji Yamamoto	Masako Motai
Teppei Kaneko	Masayoshi Arakawa	Riko Sudo	Tatsuo Saito	Toyoko kaneko


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Tetsushi Tanaka	Ken Mitsuishi	Toshinori Omi	Nao Omori	Ranran Suzuki
Akira Hamada	Mitsuru Sada	Kojo Shinjaki	Koji Yamada	Yoko Doi


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Miako Tadano	Miyu Yagyu	Toru Nomaguchi	Hiroshi Yamamoto	Bokuzo Masana
Mitsuko Ichimura	Toshiko Furukawa (Accuser)	Shigeru Kogura	Satoshi Kitao	Mitsuaki Omori

Additional Cast Members

Hirotaro Honda - Hideo Mitsui
Yosuke Ishii - Keizo Hirayama
Toshiyuki Kitami - Takashi Miyamoto
Fumiyo Kohinata - Shogo Muroyama
Toru Masuoka - Seiichiro Tamura
Shinya Owada - Toshio Hiroyasu
Misa Shimizu - Kiyoko Sada
Hiromasa Taguchi - Ichiro Tsukita
Choei Takahashi - Masayoshi Arakawa
Naoto Takenaka - Tomio Aoki
Yu Tokui - Seiji Nishimura
Ryosei Tayama - Seiji Wada
Ryosuke Ohtani
Daikichi Sugawara
Kenichi Yajima
Kosuke Suzuki
Daisuke Honda
Umi Yamano
Hajime Inoue
Sogen Tanaka
Tadashi Sakata
Mie Ohta
Mari Hayashida

Awards

2007 (20th) Nikkan Sports Film Awards - December, 2007
- Best Picture
- Best Director
2008 Elan D’or Award - February 6, 2008
- "TV Taro Award (Best Film)"
2007 (50th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 12, 2008
- Best Director
- Best Actor (Ryo Kase)
2008 (31st) Japan Academy Prize - February 15, 2008
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role" (Masako Motai)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction" (Kyoko Heya)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing" (Jun'ichi Kikuchi)