A Ghost of a Chance

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Movie: A Ghost of a Chance (International English title) / Once in a Blue Moon (Japanese English title)
Romaji: Suteki na Kanashibari
Japanese: ステキな金縛り
Director: Koki Mitani
Writer: Koki Mitani
Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Yoshinari Shimatani, Kuga Maeda, Ken Tsuchiya
Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto
Release Date: October 29, 2011
Runtime: 142 min.
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Emi Hosho (Eri Fukatsu), a not so successful lawyer, is assigned to the one of the most unusual of cases. Her client is accused of murdering his wealthy wife and he his alibi is that he was staying at an inn while suffering from "kanashibar" (sleep paralysis). The only witness able to corroborate his alibi is the 500-year-old ghost of the Sengoku period military commander Rokubei Sarashina (Toshiyuki Nishida) - who sat on the accused's chest all night long.

Attorney Emi Hosho travels to the inn to investigate further. Emi Hosho also falls into "kanashibar" and soon discovers the 500-year-ghost sitting on her chest. Knowing that the ghost is the only witness who can support her client's alibi, she grabs his hand and pleads with him to testify in court ....

Cast



Eri Fukatsu	Toshiyuki Nishida	Hiroshi Abe	Kiichi Nakai	KAN
Emi Hosho	Rokubei Sarashina	Hayami	Osano	Goro Yabe
(attorney)	(witness)	(attorney)	(prosecutor)	(Suzuko's husband)



Yuko Takeuchi	Yuko Takeuchi	Koji Yamamoto	Tadanobu Asano	Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Suzuko Yabe	Fuko Hino	Tutomu Hino	Kenichi Kido	Teruo Hoshou
(art buyer)	(company president)	(Suzuko's lover)	(historian)	(Emi's father)



Fumiyo Kohinata	Kazuyuki Asano	Keiko Toda	Koichi Sato	Masachika Ichimura
Jouji Danda	Inose	Inose	Hiroki Murata	Tsukutsuku Abe
	(owner of inn)	(owner of inn)	(unpopular actor)	(fortuneteller)



Takashi Kobayashi	Takayuki Kinoshita
Hitoshi Kan	Makio Kudou
(judge)	(Emi's lover)



Katsuhisa Namase	Kyoko Fukada	Ryoko Shinohara	Sen Yamamoto	Zen Kajihara
Kaoru Urabe	Guma Maeda	screaming woman	Tamaru Himura	Iseya
(taxi driver)	(waitress)	(call girl)	(court painter)	(truck driver)

Additional Cast Members:

Kenji Anan - Nojima
Yoshimasa Kondo - psychic researcher
Toshiaki Karasawa - doctor
Kazuyuki Aijima - Urushihara
Yo Oizumi - attorney
Kenji Uchikura

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Film Festivals

2011 (24th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 22 - 30, 2011 - Special Screenings *International Premiere
2011 (48th) Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - November 3-24, 2011 - Panorama

Awards

Tsutaya Fan Award (Mirai Moriyama) - 2011 (66th) Mainichi Film Awards - January 18, 2012

Comments

Comment #3
nururu88 Says:
Dec 20 2011 6:30 am

WOOW!

this is A MUST SEE!
Comment #2
aRini Says:
Dec 04 2011 10:23 pm

wtf? the cast is so unbeliveable!!! to much high class actress and actor there... just adding more would be fine... Takuya Kimura!!!
Comment #1
SEKAI Says:
Nov 11 2011 6:50 pm

PERFECT CAST !