Movie
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Overview
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Details
- Release date
- 2004-05-08
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Toho Pictures, TOHO, TBS, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Shogakukan, Stardust Pictures, MBS, Toho Eizo Bijutsu
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Takao Osawa as Sakutaro Matsumoto
- Ko Shibasaki as Ritsuko Fujimura
- Masami Nagasawa as Aki Hirose
- Mirai Moriyama as Young Sakutaro Matsumoto
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Shigezou Matsumoto
- Kankuro Kudo as Ryunosuke Oki
- Kanji Tsuda as Johnny
- Issey Takahashi as Young Ryunosuke
- Rio Kanno as Young Ritsuko
- Tetta Sugimoto as Aki's Father
- Katsutaka Furuhata as Young Johnny
- Yuki Amami as Sakutaro's Boss
Crew
- Isao Yukisada - Director
- Yuji Sakamoto - Screenplay
- Chihiro Ito - Screenplay
- Isao Yukisada - Screenplay
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