Obon Brothers Explained

Obon Brothers

Native Name:

Kanji:	お盆の弟
Revhep:	Obon no Otōto

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Starring:

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

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Runtime:

107 minutes

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

is a 2015 Japanese black-and-white romantic comedy-drama film directed by .^[1] ^[2] ^[3] It was released on July 25, 2015.^[2]

Cast

Reception

On The Japan Times, Mark Schilling called the film "one director’s attempt to portray his real life through a fictional self".^[3]

At the 37th Yokohama Film Festival, the film was chosen as the 9th best Japanese film of 2015.^[4] won the award for Best Screenplay, Kiyohiko Shibukawa won the award for Best Actor, Ken Mitsuishi won the award for Best Supporting Actor and Aoba Kawai won the award for Best Supporting Actress.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: OBON BROTHERS. December 7, 2015. festival.sdaff.org.
Web site: お盆の弟(2015). December 7, 2015. allcinema. Stingray. Japanese.
Web site: 'Obon no Ototo' is one director's attempt to portray his real life through a fictional self. Mark Schilling. July 29, 2015. December 7, 2015. The Japan Times.
Web site: 2015年日本映画ベストテン. December 7, 2015. homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208065751/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/37-2015/37_2015_best10.html. December 8, 2015. dead.
Web site: 第３７回ヨコハマ映画祭 2015年日本映画個人賞. December 5, 2015. homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208054733/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/37-2015/37_2015_shou.html. December 8, 2015. dead.