The Woodsman and the Rain

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Movie: The Woodsman and the Rain
Romaji: Kitsutsuki to Ame
Japanese: キツツキと雨
Director: Shuichi Okita
Writer: Shuichi Okita, Fumio Moriya
Producer: Shiro Sasaki, Satoshi Arashi, Tadaatsu Shundo
Cinematographer: Yuta Tsukinaga
World Premiere: October 23, 2011 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Release Date: February 11, 2012
Runtime: 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Filmmaking / Award Winning
Production Company: Kadokawa Pictures
Distributor: Kadokawa Pictures
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Rookie movie director Koichi (Shun Oguri) and his crew travels to the mountain village of Yamamura to film his next movie. The villagers are eventually enlisted to help film the movie and, in particular, 60-year-old lumberjack Katsuhiko (Koji Yakusho) helps against his will.

Notes

Filming began March 29, 2011.

Cast



Koji Yakusho	Shun Oguri
Katsuhiko Kishi	Koichi Tanabe



Kengo Kora	Asami Usuda	Kanji Furutachi	Daisuke Kuroda	Kyusaku Shimada
Koichi Kishi	Tamae Asou	Torii	Shibata	Shinoda



Yoshiyuki Morishita	Tsutomu Takahashi	Mitsuru Hirata	Masato Ibu	Tsutomu Yamazaki
Yoshioka	Nomiya	Mitsuharu Goma	Ishimaru	Keijiro Haba

Additional Cast Member:

Tadashi Okuno - grandfather of public bath
Kenji Kawahara

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Film Festivals

2011 (24th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 22 - 30, 2011 - Competition *World Premiere
2012 (4th) Terracotta Far East Film Festival - April 12-15, 2012 *UK Premiere
2012 (12th) Nippon Connection - May 2-May 6, 2012 - Nippon Cinema *European Premiere
2012 (14th) Udine Far East Film - April 20-April 28, 2012 *Italian Premiere
2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 16-24, 2012 - Global Village: Japan Film Week
2012 (14th) Taipei Film Festival - June 29 - July 21, 2012 - Closing Film
2012 (6th) JAPAN CUTS - July 12-28, 2012 - Focus on Koji Yakusho
2012 (32nd) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 11-21, 2012 - Gala Presentations *Hawaii Premiere
2013 (12th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas - July 11-18, 2013

Awards

Special Jury Prize - 2011 (24th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 22 - 30, 2011
Nippon Cinema Award - 2012 (12th) Nippon Connection - May 2-May 6, 2012

Comments

ron2ron May 26 2016 6:10 am great movie. i really like the story.

Quan Jan 24 2014 3:23 pm I have to write it in capitals: THIS IS A VERY GOOD MOVIE. This is my most memorable Oguri Shun character because this is where I first saw him and immediately I warmed up to him. Of course, Mr. Yakusho Koji is in his usual best. This movie is warm-hearted, funny, quirky, uncluttered, cozy to the heart. It reminds me of woodblock prints, seemingly monotonous but is actually rich and detailed if only one looks close enough. I've seen many other Oguri Shun characters after this but I love him most in here --- and with his natural unruly hair! This is about family, friendships, authentic rural neighborliness, and film-making, too. If you love people, and if you also like anything Japanese, then this film is a treasure.

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