Pieta in the Toilet

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Movie: Pieta in the Toilet
Romaji: Toire no Pieta
Japanese: トイレのピエタ
Director: Daishi Matsunaga
Writer: Daishi Matsunaga, Osamu Tezuka
Producer: Takashi Yoshida, Shinji Ogawa, Morio Amagi
Cinematographer: Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
Assistant Director: Shozo Katashima
Release Date: June 6, 2015
Runtime: 120 min.
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Hiroshi (Yojiro Noda) has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai (Hana Sugisaki) appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her.

Notes

Movie is based on an original screenplay by Daishi Matsunaga. His screenplay was inspired by an excerpt from manga writer Osamu Tezuka's diary during his final days.

Cast



Yojiro Noda	Hana Sugisaki	Lily Franky
Hiroshi Sonoda	Mai	Yokota



Saya Ichikawa	Shinobu Otake	Rie Miyazawa
Satsuki	Hiroshi's mother	Takuto's mother

Additional Cast Members:

Trailers

Film Festivals

2015 (9th) JAPAN CUTS - July 9-19, 2015 *North American Premiere
2015 (28th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 22-31, 2015 - Japan Now
2016 (16th) Nippon Connection - May 24-29, 2016 - Nippon Cinema

Awards

2016 (39th) Japan Academy Prize - March 4, 2016
- Rookie of the Year (Yojiro Noda)

Comments

Ryuki Dec 08 2018 3:02 pm The movie quite slow pace. But I didnt feels boring watching it till the end.. Now I realized, why Yoji noda chosen as rookie of the year for this movie. Beside making music and singing, He's good at acting as well.

Thumbs up for this movie..

Pretty Lai Sep 06 2018 8:00 am The movie has a slow paced but I did not find it boring. I enjoyed watching this one. Makes you realize that people are fighting their own battles in life.

Minji Dec 31 2017 9:06 pm @Grace Not all great movies are fast going action ones. I enjoyed this movie very much, the actors did very well. Please don't put down the actors and actresses because you thought the film was boring.

Lauren Oct 06 2017 4:23 pm This film is the most amazing mundane film. Even though the pace feels slow, I never got bored and loved every moment of it. Every single actor was amazing and this film is a must watch

Luna Jul 04 2017 2:05 pm It's a sad movie but so beautiful. It makes me think a lot because it has different perspectives on "life". I do not regret seeing this.

Grace Jun 29 2017 1:32 pm Omg! What a useless film! If anyone wanted to watch zombies on live u can see this film....Horrible actor n actress. .Worst of alll fims

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