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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   1,152 votes
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Director:

Shunji Iwai

Writer:

Shunji Iwai (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

13 March 2004 (Japan) more

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

Best friends and boyfriends: which one will you choose?

Plot:

When two best friends develop a crush on the same boy, they develop a plan to trick him into dating them. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win more

User Comments:

Next time Iwai more (11 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Anne Suzuki ... Hana
Yû Aoi ... Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa
Tomohiro Kaku ... Masashi Miyamoto
Shôko Aida ... Alice's Mother
Hiroshi Abe ... Alice's Mother's Companion
Sei Hiraizumi ... Alice's Father
Tae Kimura ... Ballet Teacher
Takao Ôsawa ... Photographer
Ryoko Hirosue ... Editor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eri Fuse
Ayumi Ito
Kazusa Matsuda
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Hana and Alice (International: English title)
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Runtime:

Italy:135 min | Japan:135 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Rockwell Eyes more


Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:

Features Taiyo no oji: Horusu no daiboken (1968) more


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3 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Next time Iwai, 18 October 2005
Author: Atavisten from Tellus

Iwai argumented that we should see it twice, but I don't see that happening. Its not a bad movie, but its not good either. Hana and Arisu are best friends, but when Hana is stalking a boy they both are in love with and tells him after he hits his head that he has had amnesia and she is his girlfriend, Hana and Arisu has no longer much time for each other.

The story has too many elements that lead nowhere, without having much to say and that also goes for the relationship between Hana and the boy. And Hana is overacting her mimics to compensate for talent. That is a bit annoying.

Some peculiarities brighten it up, like for instance a wonderful sequence with an argument in front of some windows where a big Astroman balloon is knocking on the windows.

I have not given up on Iwai yet.

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