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Movie: Thermae Romae
Romaji: Thermae Romae
Japanese: テルマエ・ロマエ
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Writer: Mari Yamazaki (manga), Shogo Muto
Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Minami Ichikawa, Atsushi Terada, Naohito Shinaba, Miyoshi Kikuchi, Kaoru Matsuzaki
Cinematographer: Kazushige Kawagoe
World Premiere: April 21, 2012 (Udine Far East Film)
Release Date: April 28, 2012
Runtime: 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Based on a Comic / Fantasy / Time Travel / Award Winning
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

In ancient Rome, architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) is too rigid in his ways and unable to keep up with the fast changing times. Because of this, Lucius loses his job. A friend then takes Lucius to a bath house to cheer him up. There at the bath house, Lucius slips through a time portal and arrives at a bath house in present day Japan!

Notes

Related titles:
1. Thermae Romae (2012)
2. Thermae Romae II (2014)

Cast



Hiroshi Abe	Aya Ueto	Masachika Ichimura	Kazuki Kitamura	Kai Shishido
Lucius	Manami Yamakoshi	Hadrian	Keioniusu	Antoninus



Katsuya	Takashi Sasano	Riki Takeuchi	Midoriko Kimura
Marukusu	Shuzo Yamakoshi	Tateno	Yumi Yamakoshi

Additional Cast Members:

Bunmei Tobayama - Kishimoto
Kei Iinuma - Nagura
Taro Iwate - Mogami
Takao Kinoshita - Onishi
Hachiro Ika - Saburo
Hiroshi Kanbe - Middle-aged man at bath
Katsuhiro Nagano - Middle-aged man at bath
Shungiku Uchida - Michiko Hirai
Tomio Suga - Takuzo Hirai
Yoshiyuki Morishita - Ujino
Yoshikazu Ebisu - Showroom department head
Satoru Matsuo - Noboru Itami
Kazuo Kawabata
Ahmad Ali

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Film Festivals

2012 (14th) Udine Far East Film - April 20-April 28, 2012 *World Premiere
2012 (37th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 6-16, 2012 - Gala Presentations
2012 (32nd) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 11-21, 2012 - Spotlight on Japan *Hawaii Premiere
2013 (13th) Nippon Connection - June 4-June 9, 2013 - Nippon Cinema
2013 (16th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 15-23, 2013 - Global Village - Japan Film Week
2013 (12th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 28-July 15, 2013 *New York Premiere
2013 (7th) JAPAN CUTS - July 11-21, 2013 *New York Premiere
2013 (17th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 18-August 7, 2013 *Quebec Premiere
2014 (47th) Sitges Film Festival - October 3-12, 2014 - Focus Àsia

Awards

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Hiroshi Abe) - 2013 (36th) Japan Academy Prize - March 8, 2013
Tsutaya Fan Award (Japanese Film) - 2012 (67th) Mainichi Film Awards - February 7, 2013
Best Actor (Hiroshi Abe) - 2012 (55th) Blue Ribbon Awards - January 30, 2013

Comments

patrickfoo08 Mar 17 2018 6:10 pm Just pure stupidy funny u like stephen chow movie u LOVE this n watch part 2 tio

Mskrider Jan 11 2018 8:50 am I was lucky enough to read the manga before the movie came out. It's pretty funny. And including two of my favorite actors (Hiroshi Abe and Aya Ueto) didn't hurt.

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