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(Synopsis)
80-something year-old Nippori one day wakes up, and believes himself to be 20 years old again, but his body is still rusty and old. As a way to make the audience enter Nippori's state of mind (or "dream" as he defines it himself), Nippori is played by the 24 years old Yusuke Iseya (famous from Hirokazu Kore-eda's masterworks, Afterlife (1998) and Distance (2001), as well as his own production Kakuto (2003)). Yusuke Iseya gives us a convincing and truly great performance as an old man feeling young again. He does the impossible act of showing decay and incapability as well as vigor and ambition at the same time. A 18 year-old helper, Narisu (played by the likewise talented Chizuru Ikewaki), is troubled in her relationship with her brother (not blood-related) and her best friend dating her brother. On the day that Nippori enters his dream of youth, she enters his life as a helper. Nippori immediately falls in love with this angel in spite of her clumsiness and restrained behavior. Narisu is at first shocked by this strange old guy, but then she sees the vigor and energy in the old man. She begins to share his dream. But how will her brother and her best friend react to this relationship?
Director
Isshin Inudou
Cast
Chizuru Ikewaki
Masatoshi Matsuo
Miako Tadano
Takeshi Kato
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Yusuke Iseya
Publisher : Pony Canyon
Audio : Japanese (Dolby Digital)
Video : WideScreen
Subtitles : English
Running Time : 96mins
Release Year : 2000
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