| Haru's Journey | |||||
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| Director: | Masahiro Kobayashi | ||||
| Producer: | Muneyuki Kii Naoko Kobayashi | ||||
| Cinematography: | Kenji Takama | ||||
| Distributor: | Asmik Ace | ||||
| Runtime: | 134 minutes | ||||
| Country: | Japan | ||||
| Language: | Japanese | ||||
is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Kobayashi. It was released in Japan on 22 May. The film stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Tadao, the lead actor; Eri Tokunaga as Haru, the lead actress; Hideji Ōtaki as Shigeo Kanamoto (Tadao's brother); Teruyuki Kagawa as Shinichi Tsuda (Haru's father); Naho Toda as Nobuko Tsuda (Shinichi's wife). The film was distributed by Asmik Ace and T-Joy.[1] [2]
The film won the 65th Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film, and the actress Eri Tokunaga won the Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award for her role in the film.[3] Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave the film 4 out of 5 stars.[4]