100 Yen Love

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Movie: 100 Yen Love (English/literal title)
Romaji: Hyaku yen no Koi
Japanese: 百円の恋
Director: Masaharu Take
Writer: Shin Adachi
Producer: Toramatsu Mamiya, Kazuo Kato, Gen Sato, Yuji Hiratai, Yoshinori Kano
Cinematographer: Hiromitsu Nishimura
World Premiere: October 25, 2014 (Tokyo IFF)
Release Date: December 20, 2014
Runtime: 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Sports / Boxing
Distributor: Spotted Productions
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Ichiko (Sakura Ando) lives at her parents' home. She rarely hangs out with other people. Things change when her younger sister divorces and moves back with her child. Ichiko and her sister's relationship goes bad, causing Ichiko to move out and live alone. What brings happiness to Ichiko is to watch a middle-aged boxer (Hirofumi Arai) practice at a boxing gym. The boxing gym is located between the 100 yen shop where she works and her home.

One day, Ichiko and the middle-aged boxer meet and they begin to live together.

Notes

Screenplay won the grand prize scenario award at the 2012 Shunan Film Festival.

Cast



Sakura Ando	Hirofumi Arai	Toshie Negishi	Miyoko Inagawa	Saori Koide
Ichiko Saito	Yuji Kano	Toshiko Ikeuchi	Yoshiko Saito	Fumiko Saito



Shohei Uno	Tadashi Sakata	Yuuki Okita	Kaito Yoshimura	Shinichiro Matsuura
Atsushi Okano	Akira Noma	Kazuhiro Sada	Nishimura	Trainer Kobayashi



Yozaburo Ito	Osamu Shigematu
Takao Saito	gym owner

Additional Cast Members:

Ruka Wakabayashi - Taro Saito
Hideyuki Araki - colleague security guard
Saki Fujimoto - Chinese restaurant clerk

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Film Festivals

2014 (27th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 23-31, 2014 - Japanese Cinema Splash *World Premiere
2015 (17th) Udine Far East Film - April 23-May 2, 2015 *International Premiere
2015 (15th) Nippon Connection - June 2-7, 2015 - Nippon Cinema *German Premiere
2015 (9th) JAPAN CUTS - July 9-19, 2015 - Centerpiece Presentation *North American Premiere
2015 (19th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 14-Aug. 5, 2015 *Canadian Premiere
2015 (19th) Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - July 16-26, 2015 - Vision Express *Korean Premiere

Awards

2016 (39th) Japan Academy Prize - March 4, 2016
- Screenplay of the Year (Shin Adachi)
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Sakura Ando)

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Chrisrob Nov 19 2015 12:30 pm "100 Yen Love" is the official submission from Japan for the "Best Foreign Language Film" Oscar for the 88th Academy Awards.

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