Bare Essence of Life

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Movie: Bare Essence of Life / Ultra Miracle Love Story
Romaji: Urutora Mirakuru Rabu Sutori
Japanese: ウルトラミラクルラブストーリー
Director: Satoko Yokohama
Writer: Satoko Yokohama
Producer: Takao Nakano
Cinematographer: Ryuto Kondo
Release Date: June 6, 2009
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Rural / Agriculture
Distributor Little More
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Yojin (Kenichi Matsuyama) is a quirky young man living in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Yojin has a difficult time sitting still and can't focus on extended conversations. His life revolves around farming his grandmother's vegetable garden.

One day, Yojin experiences a new kind of feeling when he meets a pretty young lady named Machiko (Kumiko Aso). The feelings are strong enough that Yojin feels the need to be with her and gain her affection. Machiko is a nursery-school teacher from Tokyo who came to Aomori to escape from her past. Initially she doesn't know what to make of Yojin ...

Notes

All of Ken'ichi Matsuyama's lines are in his native tongue from Aomori, the Tsugaru dialect.

Cast



Kenichi Matsuyama	Kumiko Aso	Seiji Nozoe
Youjin Mizuki	Machiko Shinsen	Futoshi Tanaka



Misako Watanabe	Yoshio Harada	Yumiko Fujita
Motsu Shibata	Dr. Misawai	Mikami's God

Additional Cast Members:

Arata Iura - Kaname Shimada
Mayu Kitaki - Teacher Kaoru
Sakura Saito - Nao
Madoka Takeya - Shino
Yuta Yoneda - Kotaro
Shohei Uno

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Film Festivals

2009 (34th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 10th-19th - Discovery
2009 (28th) Vancouver International Film Festival - October 1st-16th - Dragons and Tigers
2009 (29th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 15th-25th - Emerging Filmmakers Award
2010 (10th) Nippon Connection - April 14-19 - Nippon Cinema
2010 (11th) Jeonju International Film Festival - April 29-May 7 - Cinemascape: Feature Films

Comments

maki Jan 01 2015 4:03 am This film is nowhere to be found and I've been wanting to see it quite badly... :(

Chibirocka Jun 24 2009 12:56 am Looks quirky. I'm looking forward more to Kamui Gaiden and Norweigan Wood but this could be good as well.

mya May 21 2009 10:38 am please.... well it looks good, but why must he always fell in love with elder women... he is handsome enough to get women in his age.. or?

donita Apr 26 2009 2:51 am i'm definitely gonna watch this....

Raku Mar 06 2009 7:52 pm It's yet to be released in Japanese theatres (June 6 it says above) so dvd will be a long way off yet probably September/October........Maybe even November!

gaelle Mar 03 2009 10:09 am where can i find this movie? Matsuken is so brilliant!! I want to watch this movie

Kiraiya Feb 11 2009 4:04 pm Matsuyama Ken'ichi is my all time favorite actor, not to mention my main man. LoL, just kidding. I am always up for new movies with Ken'ichi Matsuyama.

aiko Feb 10 2009 4:56 pm i want to watch the miove!!! kenichi matsuyama is so handsome!!

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