Nana (2005/II)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Kentarô Ôtani

Writers:

Ai Yazawa (comic)
Taeko Asano (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

4 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Plot:

A chance encounter between two girls of the same name, "Nana," triggers a series of events and relationships. |

Plot Keywords:

Girl | Manga | Based On Comic | Friendship | Rock Band

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Mika Nakashima	...	Nana Osaki
Aoi Miyazaki	...	Nana Komatsu
Hiroki Narimiya	...	Nobuo Terashima
Ken'ichi Matsuyama	...	Shin
Saeko	...	Sachiko
Yuna Ito	...	Reira Serizawa
Momosuke Mizutani	...	Naoki
Anna Nose	...	Jyunko
Takehisa Takayama	...	Kyosuke
Tomoki Maruyama	...	Yasu
Tetsuji Tamayama	...	Takumi
Ryuhei Matsuda	...	Ren Honjou
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gou Ayano
Andrew Francis	...	Takumi
Maryke Hendrikse	...	Nami
Yûta Hiraoka	...	Shoji Endo
Adrian Petriw	...	Naoki (voice: English version)
Kelly Sheridan	...	Nana Komatsu (voice: English version)
Rebecca Shoicet	...	Nana Osaki (voice: English version) (as Rebecca Shoichet)
Alex Zahara	...	Mr. Muzuki (voice)

Directed by
Kentarô Ôtani

Writing credits
Ai Yazawa		(comic)
Taeko Asano		(screenplay) &
Kentarô Ôtani		(screenplay)

Produced by
Osamu Kubota	....	producer
Toshiaki Nakazawa	....	producer

Original Music by
Tadashi Ueda

Cinematography by
Kazuhiro Suzuki

Film Editing by
Shuichi Kakesu

Other crew
Lynne Hobday	....	translator

Production Companies

• Aniplex
• IMJ Entertainment
• Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
• Sedic
• Shueisha
• Toho Company
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
• True Project Company Ltd.

Distributors

• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2005) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Toho Company (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Viz Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• One Movie (2007) (Italy) (all media)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Hong Kong:I | Taiwan:GP | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Aniplex

Trivia:

In the story, since both main characters have the same first name, to differentiate one Nana to the other, Nana Osaki affectionately called Nana Komatsu "Hachi", because she thinks Nana Komatsu behaves like a dog, faithful but sometimes annoying. This is actually a play of word. The female name "Nana" is a homonym of the Japanese word "nana" that means "seven", and while "Hachi" is a common dog name in Japan, it is also a homonym of the word "hachi" that means "eight".

Movie Connections:

Followed by Nana 2 (2006)

Soundtrack:

Endless Story

Poor Shin!

I wonder if people that weren't already fans of the Nana manga would really understand the movie. I think that unless you had read the manga, a lot of the movie might be lost for viewers. The movie script was almost word for word from the manga, it was pretty fun to see it all on the big screen though.

As for the characters, both of the Nana's were perfect for their roles. Yasu was good, Nobu was not what I expected (but it worked), but Shin...poor Shin. He looked like he was in his 30's...they kind of killed his character, which is a shame since he is my favorite! Shoji, Jun and Kyosuke were all eerily perfect for their roles. I think they were the funniest part of the whole movie.