All Around Us Explained

All Around Us
Director:	Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
Starring:	Lily Franky Tae Kimura
Music:	Akeboshi
Cinematography:	Shogo Ueno
Editing:	Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Runtime:	140 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi and starring Lily Franky and Tae Kimura.

Cast

• Lily Franky
• Tae Kimura
• Mitsuko Baisho
• Susumu Terajima
• Tamae Ando
• Minori Terada
• Akira Emoto
• Norito Yashima
• Seiichi Tanabe
• Ryo Kase
• Reiko Kataoka
• Hirofumi Arai

Reception

Todd Brown of Twitch Film called All Around Us "[a]t once sweepingly panoramic and microscopically intimate", adding that "Hashiguchi's fourth feature parallels the pains and struggles of the married couple at its center with the changes in Japan itself, touching on such major events as the 1990s economic collapse, the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks, and others."^[1]

Awards and nominations

51st Blue Ribbon Awards

• Won: Best Actress - Tae Kimura
• Won: Best New Talent - Lily Franky

33rd Hochi Film Award^[2]

• Won: Best Director - Ryōsuke Hashiguchi

32nd Japan Academy Prize:^[3] Best Actress (Tae Kimura)

Notes and References

1. Web site: NYAFF 09 Review: ALL AROUND US. Twitch Film. Todd. Brown. July 2, 2009. February 15, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150215082205/http://twitchfilm.com/2009/07/nyaff-09-review-all-around-us.html. February 15, 2015. dead.
2. Web site: http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2008/. ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー. 2010-01-10. Japanese. Cinema Hochi. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005191147/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2008/. 2011-10-05. dead.
3. Web site: http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=32 . ja:第 32 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 . 2010-12-16 . Japanese . Japan Academy Prize . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155924/http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=32 . 2014-07-14 .