"There's 1 cookie in my pocket." "If I hit my pocket there's 2...." "Suddenly, Ms. Asako will start to sing." "A sign that she's desperately sleepy" ""...more and more cookies"" "The Special Christmas issue is a 62-page special edition." "With our deadline looming, none of us had slept in 3 days." "I think singing this song makes me hungry." "Hey Hey!" "The pattern code's wrong in the first frame." "What time is it?" "See for yourself." "I screwed up the correction of my screw up!" "What are you doing!" "You're no better than a monkey" "I'm not a monkey." "You missed a line, here." "Please add it." "Sure, sorry." "Goodbye." " So Cold." " I'm so glad we met your deadline." "No, thank you, Naomi." "This is a fantastic morning." "Thank you, too, Ms. Asako." "No, I'm sorry it took so long." "Where shall we have the wrap party?" "Let's see..." "Spanish food at Dos Gatos." " Thanks so much." " Thanks so much." "Adios, Ms. Asako!" "Paella!" "Ca Va" "I'm finished." "Time for breakfast." "Ca Va..." "Gu Gu the Cat." " Hello" " Hello" "Ms. Asako wasn't writing as much these days." "And you couldn't just blame it on Ca Va's death." "Last year, she only wrote that special edition." "This year, she's written nothing so far." "Ca Va on top of the laundry." "Ca Va coming to play in the bath." "Ca Va waiting patiently outside the toilet." "Ca Va asleep with her paws outstretched." "Ca Va, who will only knead her blue blanket." "Ca Va the narcissist, who likes to sleep on the mirror." "Ms. Asako had met Ca Va 15 years ago." "She was just writing the climactic scene for her first serial and she was beside herself." ""It tasted strange"" "Excuse me." "Please take her." "We've been searching for a home for her." "None of our parents will let us keep her." "Ms. Asako said she was sure those girls faked crying." "I named your cat Ca Va." "It means "How are you?" in French." "Inspector Pepper, stay out of our way." "Inspector Pepper, we're on our way..." "Pet Store" "Ca Va had a kidney disease." "Ms. Asako never said so, but I think she regretted not noticing it sooner." "Like I said, there's no way Ms. Asako can bury her grief by getting a new cat." "No way!" "15 years is a long life for a cat!" "Besides, it's just a cat, a cat." "Exactly." "A middle-aged woman can't stop working over a dead cat!" "With no work for the past month, all I did was play." "Somebody, loan me this month's rent!" "The hell" "The hell!" "The hell!" "They're all shooting off their mouths, but when Ca Va died, all four of us cried our eyes out." "But Ms. Asako never cried." "Cats live 3 times as fast as humans." "Ca Va..." "Lived 3 times as fast as me." "I saw Ms. Asako in front of the pet shop today." "Hey" "Do you think she's crying all alone?" "I don't know." "Ca Va was always with her." "You really like her, don't you." "Yotsuya Kwaidan by Asako Kojima." "One summer vacation, I happened to read her work." "What's wrong, Naomi?" "Naomi" "What's wrong, Naomi?" "Nothing!" "I was moved." "There was something about it that I couldn't put into words." "It was a strange feeling, like I had just grown up, all at once." "For me, the idea of becoming Asako Kojima's assistant, was literally, a dream come true." "So cute!" "Hello" "Look this way, I'll shoot." "This way, say Cheese." "I'm calling him Gu Gu." "Gu followed by go." "It's a good name for a boy." "But what does it mean?" "Oh, I know, it's Bulgarian. .." "Wrong" "It's "sleeps well" like snoring." "Wrong" "All cats sleep well." "It's "eats well" like a growling stomach." " That's you." " Hey!" "Whoever gets it right, gets a year's worth of Sato's fried meatballs." "Gu Gu, Gu Gu" "For your information, Sato is a famous butcher's in Kichijoji." "There's always a line for their fried meatballs." "It's really truly..." "Delicious!" "Ms. Asako used to say..." "The second cat is so lucky." "He's treasured all the more for the first one who's gone." "Ms. Asako's collected works were published." "The total price for all 16 volumes was 19,200 Yen." "Thank you..." "For joining us today." "What I regret, however, is that she's not writing as much these days." "We would so love to publish more of your work." "So please keep writing more and more." "I hope all of you will join me in celebrating the publication of her collected works, by offering a toast." " Cheers!" " Cheers!" "Thank you for joining us." "How many years ago did she debut?" "I think it was about 25 years ago." "I see." "You should adapt one into a movie." "Ms. Kojima," " you've created so much work." " Yes, I have." "It's amazing seeing it all together." "But I don't work very fast." "This is all I've managed." "Manga artists have to be patient." "You're right." "Congratulations, Asako." "It's been a long time." "Thank you" "Naomi" "Mr. Tanaka" "Don't eat all the roast beef." "How many helpings?" "We understand she liked to draw even as a child." "Yes" "But I never dreamed she'd become a manga artist." "She makes a living doing what she loves..." "I'm running." "I'm holding a knife and running." "Why am I running?" "Why do I have to keep running?" "Grandpa, Grandpa." "This isn't a dream." "I can't climb up." "This is reality." "Mother, I had a dream last night." "An unborn baby said to me..." "I said, "Come, be born into this world."" ""'Wonderful things await you"'." "She'd get upset, asking what was wrong with reading manga." "Tell me, is she ready to get back to work?" "Not sure..." "In any case, now that she has a new cat, will the cat do its cat-like job?" "It's called Gu Gu?" "Sure..." "I just want Ms. Asako to write a new work that I can show off to the whole world." "Congratulations" "Hey, him, he..." "Who?" "The good-looking hunk that's talking to her." "He's Kondo, the editor of "Yasei Jidai"" "He's one of our Board members." "A long time ago, he proposed to Ms. Asako." "But she turned him down flat and he took 6 months off from the shock." "He went to Latin America." "Poor guy" "As soon as he came back he married the receptionist." "Can you believe it?" "Sorry" "She rejected him but she's the flustered one now." "It's so like her." " Thank you so much." " Good night." "Mom, you should dress for bed." "I met so many new people, I can't remember them all." "You don't need to remember them all." "Say, Asako." "If you love someone, you should tell him." "But instead, your work always comes first for you." "You've already made so many books." ""The monkeys skip, skip."" ""The monkeys skip, skip"" "Tokyo" "Sounds like music, right?" "That was "A dog and a horse are coming"" "Hanako" "How are you?" "Are you hungry?" "What a nice day" "Asako" "I see, so Ca Va passed away." "Yes 15 years ago, you had the same look on your face." "That's when Ca Va was being fixed." "That was the first time I ever talked to a girl." "You'd been standing there for hours looking like you wanted to die." "That was the night before her operation, too." "I couldn't make up my mind" "Kobayashi, were you already here then?" "You've been here that long?" "Better hurry." "Why does time pass so fast in the morning?" "The doctor's card..." "Is it here?" "Don't you worry." "The operation will be over in no time." "Don't you worry, you'll be fine." "Oh, here it is." "What on earth was it doing here?" "Oh, no, there's rice in my hair" "I'm hardly a child..." "Right, Ca Va?" "I'm sorry I got your name wrong again." "Excuse me, please take one." "No way." "Chuo Express The Chuo Express doesn't even stop here." "Mamoru!" "Mamoru!" "That bitch is getting on my nerves." "They're staring at each other." "Maybe they're friends." "Hey!" "Take him." "Gu Gu" "Gu Gu" "I can't thank you enough." "Fixing him?" "Yes" "I get it." "That's why he was beside himself." "He was chasing her like his life depended on it." "I'm sorry." "Looking after a cat must be really hard for you." "Ms. Asako?" "Ms. Asako" "Hey, you." "Who's he?" "I heard you play." "Right" "You're a little young to be into Guthrie." "Right" "You ripped off "Dust Storm" right?" "People know the famous songs." " I couldn't find his records." " No excuses." "Bye" "Hey Got some time?" "Sure" "Come, I'll play some stuff for you." "I'd never seen Ms, Asako look at anyone that way." "Don't bother if you don't want to." "The 21st Century Club was about to spring back into action" "3 days later, Gu Gu had his operation." "Elizabethan Collar A device applied after an animal's operation to prevent it from licking its wound." "Named after the collars people wore during the Elizabethan age in England." "Used and Repaired Furniture." "What's the 21st Century Club?" "A religion?" "No" "A secret group I made up with Ms. Asako's former assistant." "A secret group?" "You don't care?" "You really don't care?" "If our genius Ms. Asako's bloodline stops cold?" "You really don't care if the noble bloodline that inspired her work that moved us so much disappears from this earth?" "Hey, are you listening?" "This is a type of environmental crisis, too." "No objections!" "No objections!" "Who the hell is he?" "So?" "Our goal is to acquire a charming gentleman for Ms. Asako, so her bloodline will not end." "Let's call it the "21st Century Club"" "We're in this together." " Let's do it." " Let's do it." "But she got married and moved away before we had a chance." "Now I'm the only original member left." "So I just appointed you an emergency operative." "What!" "Because, there's nobody else." "I'm the leader You're the operative." "What's that about?" "How come I'm not the leader?" "Don't be like that." "Maybe Mister can be the leader." "Hey, Mister." "Please be the leader of the 21st Century Club." "Sure, why not." "Just like that?" "But you like this." "I liked the other place better." "Been a while, Asako." "What is it you called to say you want to discuss?" "I need to think it over a little more first." "I never heard you sound so serious before." "Apparently they've been hanging out together a lot." "Hey" "Just calm down." "Did you get wet?" "I need something to wipe this up." "Thanks" "Seiji was a lot more grown up than me, but still a lot younger than Ms. Asako." "I'm going to go up front." "Brings back memories" "Asako" "The great Asako." "The collected works of Asako Kojima." "Mamoru left them at my place." "Here goes!" "You're different." "Mamoru!" "Oh, right" "I got a last minute call to play with a friend's band." "That's right." "At the Splash in Tachikawa." "It's just for us kids." "Not the kind of show for grown-ups like Seiji" "Naomi" "Go, just go." "Hey, what?" "I want beer and potatoes..." "Fried shrimp!" "Just get out of there, OK!" "Squid rings and onion rings." "Croquettes and fried chicken." "You only ever eat fried food!" "The one where after her dad divorces he winds up remarrying her classmate's mother." "That lady who divorced her husband for cheating on her." "She looked just like my mom." "It was just like that for Mom and me after my Dad split." "When she walks under the light of a full moon, with her child towards her lover's house." "That mother's face was really scary." "But also beautiful." "The manga you write are so sad." "But for some reason, they gave me courage." "Usually, I get my courage from this." "Listen..." "You've got rice in your hair." "Are you OK?" "Hey, hey, wait, wait." "One last beer." "The last one." "My last courage for the day." "Yes, good evening!" "Wait!" "Thank you for your applause." "Give it to me." "I plan to give it my very best..." "Kojima speaking." "Oh, sorry." "Mom?" "Wrong, wrong number." "What's she sorry for?" "Go for it Your Mom" "I'm home, Gu Gu." "Before I knew it, all I was doing was drawing manga." "A cutter knife..." "Here's your pen holder, a G-pen," "a round pen." "And 100 sheets of Kent paper." "I'm sorry it took so long." "We don't get many orders for these." "In my 8th grade summer vacation," "I went to pick up my pens and Kent paper from the store by our school." "The next thing I knew, 30 years had passed." "You're amazing." "Maybe you'll become a manga artist." "I just want to give it a try." "I see." "What kind of manga do you want to write, Asako?" "Manga that will..." "Make everybody happy." "That's good." "That's great." ""Manga that makes everybody happy"" "What's that?" "Besides, who's everybody?" "Right, Gu Gu?" "Why on earth did I say that then?" "I'm going home." "My plan was to act drunk and take off my pants." "Thanks" "Gu Gu" "Gu Gu" "Here he is." "Go out and be a real Kichijoji cat." "Gu Gu, the world's waiting for you!" "There he is." "He's so cat-like." "He's a real cat." "Look at that cat." "Ms. Asako?" "So cute." "Hello" "Hey" "Hey, hello." "Shhh" "Look at that happy look on his face." "Right?" "That's from "Reborn"." "Yeah, Gakuran." "I like the Disciplinarian better." "What, double dress-up?" "Ramu's student uniform on top, with bloomers." "Triple-folded socks." "What is it?" "We went to this." " Amazing." " Triple-folded socks." "What kind of work does Seiji do?" "Why?" "The Chairman wants to know." "He's in Kichijoji, training for the family business." "His income?" "How should I know Is it really the Chairman asking?" "That's when she charges in." "Let's check it out, once." "Everybody pulls back." "You race over to help." "You OK?" "Pull back." "How vexing!" "We'll try that, OK?" "Here goes." "We're ready." "Not so fast!" "Hey, wait." "What are you doing?" "Play the part." "Get back, hurry Stay back!" "You got me!" "They got me." "Too bad." "The earth and the sky are upside down." "Looking down at the sky." "Bet you're thinking about Ca Va." "It's fun being with you." "So I'm sure Ca Va had fun being with you, too." "Thank you." "Gu Gu!" "Gu Gu!" "Maybe he wasn't ready yet." "He'll be fine." "Gu Gu!" "Gu Gu!" "Gu Gu" "Can't find him." "He's gone." "He's gone." "Ms. Asako" "We'll look over there." "Gu Gu" "Gu Gu" "Gu Gu" "Gu Gu" "Just a little longer!" "Why are you looking so hard for that cat!" "I don't understand!" "I'm getting sunburned!" "You saw the desperate look on Ms. Asako's face!" "I've never even read her manga." "Besides, everybody around here is totally tacky!" "They're creepy, disgusting and I can't stand the heat!" "It's hot everywhere." "I'm going home." "I'm dumping you." "Don't call me!" " Kyoko!" "Kyoko!" " To Aoyama." "No, no, I'm sorry!" "No, Kyoko!" "Gu Gu!" "Gu Gu" "Gu Gu" "Mamoru" "Lost Cat" "I guess lots of cats get lost." "Oh, don't say that." "But look at all these." "You're looking?" "Name?" "What?" "The name" "I'm Sakaguchi Mamoru Sakaguchi." "No, the cat." "It's Gu Gu." "What does Gu Gu mean?" "I don't know." "The cat you're looking for already went home." "He's probably snoring, "Goo Goo" at home." "No, apparently Gu Gu doesn't mean snoring" "I see." "Sit down" "I'll tell your fortune." "There's something you want to know, right?" "It's written all over your face." "Is he here?" "Naomi" "Yes?" "Can you get everyone together?" "At our usual place, the Pepa Cafe." "In her senior year in high school, or her freshman year in college, an 18 year-old girl suddenly starts to age." "At an alarming rate." "She hadn't written in 6 months." "We were so excited I'm sure Ms, Asako was, too." "She has a boyfriend who's more like a friend." "It was a story about a girl who gets." "Werner's Syndrome, a disease which suddenly ages its victims." "She starts to live much faster than everyone." "In one summer, she turns into an old lady." "An old lady." "As life keeps speeding up, her world becomes..." "The new manga was called," ""The Child Born in August"" "What!" "You're already doing research?" "Thank you, Naomi!" "Sure, I'll take you out drinking, as much as you want." "Sure, sure, canned food for Gu Gu." "Wet food with baby fish in it." "Bonito and shrimp, low-sodium, wait. .." "What is this strange sensation?" "Everything just looks white." "This is how the world looks when you get cataracts." "My body feels 3 times heavier." "You've always been 3 times heavier." "What?" "You've always been 3 times heavier!" "What?" "!" "Where shall we go?" "Let's go to the shopping arcade." "What?" "Let's go to the shopping arcade!" "Musashino City Hall How does it feel to age?" "Musashino City Hall How does it feel to age?" "We borrowed aging simulators from City Hall." "If you put them on, you can have a virtual experience of aging." ""Bean paste donuts"" "It's hard when you can't see well." "It's exhausting." "But it's so comforting to at least have someone to talk to about it." "We learned that, too." " Hello." " Hello" "I'm totally wiped." "Next, we'll ride a train." "What?" "Next, we'll ride a train." "OK" "She's got so much energy." "I want to eat ramen at Harukiya" "Harukiya" "Oh, Harukiya." "Lots of ramen, lots of roast pork." "Let's go!" "What are you doing!" "Naomi!" "Naomi?" "We're 80!" "We're 80 years old!" "Mamoru!" "Naomi!" "I'm sorry" "Naomi!" "80 years old!" "Mamoru!" "Naomi!" "Hey!" "What?" "No way' no way." "No more" "I'm done." "Oh, yes" "I'm sorry" "I'm sorry, sorry." "Hey, Naomi!" "Stop it, Naomi!" "Naomi, stop it!" "Naomi!" "Ms. Asako!" "What's going on?" "Ms. Asako, are you OK?" "Are you OK?" "Ms. Asako!" "Are you OK?" "Ms. Asako!" "Are you OK?" "!" "Ms. Asako!" "Are you OK?" "You need to disrobe for the exam." "OK" "Do you need help?" "I'm fine." "Can you get a blood sample?" "Yes, in just a minute." "Please take that off." "Take it off Don't put it on..." "Excuse me, can you hear music through these?" "No, you can't." "Are they broken?" "No, they're not." "I hear, you're going to study abroad next year." "To New York?" "Sounds good to me." "Why didn't you tell the person who matters most?" "Cut it out." "Telling some fortune-teller before telling him?" "You're the worst." "You deserve to be cheated on." "Tell me, why New York?" "That old lady said it was an auspicious location." "What do you mean, auspicious." "She told me it was pointless to keep playing music." "I don't know about that." "If you believe her, I have to believe her, too." "It's time to make the delivery." "What's wrong with staying here!" "I can't take this for more than a few years." "Lots of girls want a man in his 20s Especially a musician." "You just want sex." "If you want sex, have it with me!" "Sorry, Mister I'll be right there." "The thing is..." "I'm no good at writing manga." "I can see that, working with Ms. Asako." "What I really want to do is paint" "I've saved up enough to live for a year." "But why New York?" "Someone I used to love lives there." "Hey!" "Sorry, Mister Please fire me." "You shouldn't lie to him like that." "Sorry to visit so late." "It's fine." "Where's Mamoru?" "If you call, I'm happy to come over any time." "Eat this with Mamoru." "Mr. Tanaka from Kadokawa sent it over." "Come in." "Wow, Mr. Tanaka was in Sapporo." "He has a boyfriend in Sapporo." "His boyfriend's still in college." "He said his shaved head is really cute." " May I?" " Sure." "But I thought you like crab." "I don't have an appetite." "Oh, no, the expiration date was 2 months ago." "You see..." "Yes." "It's all dried up." "It stinks, too You don't have to see it." "You see" "I need you to take care of Gu Gu for a while." "Oh, sure, fine." "It's ovarian cancer." "Am I going to die?" "That's a good question." "Even if it's in the early stages, if the cancer has spread outside the ovaries, we have to remove the ovaries and the uterus." "See you" "I'll be fine, OK" "I'll be fine I'll be fine" "I'll be fine." "Why does it have to be you?" "I'll be OK." "Ms. Kojima?" "Your room is ready." " Are you the manga artist?" " Yes" "I thought so." "I was a fan of your work." "I'm so happy" "I was in middle school when I read your manga." "I had a lot going on then." "But reading your manga made me feel so strong." "My..." "I can't believe I'm talking to the genius Asako Kojima." "My manga..." "This is my lucky day!" "Don't give me much strength." "The thing is..." "I may have to call my hometown friend today." "Listen." "Hey, look." "What?" "Oh, no." "Oh, no, is right." "What do you want?" "I'm really pissed off at you." "Wanna fight?" "Hey everybody, listen up." "You and you guys, too And you and you and you." "We're alive now, so let's do what we can." "Do what only we can do." "What?" "Do what?" "Whatever you can do now." "What's that?" "You're passionate about stuff, right?" "Don't act so cool, then." "You complain about what a pain school is, but we come to hear Mamoru sing because we all want to feel that passion." "What's that?" "I have no idea what you're talking about." "I have two things to say." "First, in case I die..." "You won't." "Just in case" "I've left a will." "Impressive" "I want you to take Gu Gu." "Actually, I wanted to ask Naomi." "But she's leaving Kichijoji." "You're the next person I thought of" "I'm leaving here next spring, too." "When I finish training here' I'll work at Dad's hospital on the island." "When Mom died, she asked me to help him if he needed it." "She used to hate him so much." "I guess people can change." "Is the island OK?" "I think Gu Gu will like it." "I know I will." "Amazing" "Gu Gu will have the whole beach as his litter box." "The other thing?" "It doesn't matter." "OK, guys, take your places." "Everybody ready." "Here goes." "A S A K O" "Asako!" "Go, fight, win!" "Go for it!" "Go for it!" "Go for it!" "Ms, Asako, get well and come home soon." "Let's go!" "Mamoru" "Bye bye!" "Ms. Asako's surgery took 5 hours." "The cancer had already advanced to stage 3." "It has metastasized to her lymph glands." "They removed her ovaries and her uterus." "She told no one about her hospitalization, so she had few visitors." "You have a wonderful smile Get well soon." "Ms, Asako became extremely depressed." "A side effect of the chemotherapy." "Ms. Asako was always off in her own world, somewhere else." "Gu Gu" "Good evening" "I'm Paul Weinberg I am Death." "There are many people who want to talk to me, when their death approaches." "You've been wanting to talk to me for a very long time." "Because you couldn't meet me, you kept chasing my shadow in your work." "What should I do?" "What should I ask you?" "Follow me" "I've invited the individual you most want to speak with." "Ca Va" "Please" "Were you cold?" "Rosemary" "Oh, dear" "I'm so happy, Ca Va." "I so wanted to talk to you." "Your favorite things are, crispy baby fish, yogurt," "fresh steamed broccoli." "All things to eat." "Clean bath towels, cardboard, water from a faucet." "Watching tennis on TV." "Birds chattering before dawn." "Just as you know me so well," "I know you quite well, too." "You liked eating rice balls." "Which you can eat with one hand, while drawing manga with the other." "I always used to think," ""Can't she take time off to eat?"" "You know..." "It always bothered me." "You were in love with Mr. Kondo at Kadokawa." "The serious editor." "I'll never forget the way you danced after you got off the phone when he invited you to dinner." "I remember now." "Oh, I'm sorry." "That's right' he stopped calling you after that." "It's all right" "I'm sorry I brought it up." "It's fine." "You were very devoted to your work." "I remember after you handed in the last manga" "that ran for 2 years." "You suddenly burst into tears." "When I first met you, I was still a child." "But somehow, I grew older than you." "At the time, I couldn't understand it and I was angry I couldn't live my life at your pace." "But you never realized that I had grown older than you" "I'm sorry." "Humans can be so insensitive." "My death and the pain caused by your illness," "as well as the sadness, will all get older." "I had a wonderful time" "Asako" "Thank you." "In January, Ms, Asako slowly started to improve" "Asako Kojima "The Child Born in August"" "I am my own queen and my own people." "Your daughter is aging." "Aging?" "At a terrible speed." "But you must not give up hope." "My period stopped." "Then the panic followed." "Go, get out here!" "Just get out of here!" "I can't control my emotions." "Yesterday, I was incontinent." "But you must not give up hope." "The doctors can't help you!" "If I were really old, could you date me?" "I'd have to think about that." "Last night, she prowled around, crying, "I want to go home"" "What is the "home"" "that she wants to return to?" "The story ends, just as the girl, the main character," "starts to grow again." "It seemed less a recuperation and more like a baby growing up." "B" "O" "R" "N" "That's right, a new me is about to be born." "It was a beautiful story that no one in the world, other than Ms, Asako could write." "Good luck" "Naomi" "Listen." "No more fried food or beer." "Got that?" "Naomi" "No more donuts, either." "Don't drink the soup in the ramen." "We'll be waiting." "See you." "A year's worth of Sato fried meatballs." "Ms. Asako!" "Yes?" "I meant to ask you, what does Gu Gu mean?" "It means..." "Every day is good good." "For no special reason, yesterday's dream was good good." "A letter from tomorrow" "I tried whispering." "Into the passing wind but it scattered on the street." "Good good" "I wonder who will get it." "I remember his eyes" "I'll never forget your words." "Do you like this town?" "Do you love it?" "May Gu Gu live a long life." "May he be spared illness." "May he be spared accidents." "May he enjoy his life." "And is he lives out his natural life, may I be here to bid him goodbye." "I'm home, Gu Gu." "Based on the story by Yumiko Oshima "GuGu Datte Neko Dearu" published by KADOKAWA GROUP PUBLISHING CO., LTD." "Written  Directedby Isshin Inudou" "Music Haruomi Hosono" "Asako Kojima Kyoko Koizumi" "Naomi Juri Ueno" "Seiji Sawamura Ryo Kase" "Mamoru Naojiro Hayashi" "Tatsuya Tatsuya Isaka" "Kanako Miyuki Oshima (morisanchu)" "Sakie Tomoko Murakami (morisanchu)" "Michiko Kazuko Kurosawa (morisanchu)" "Paul Marty Friedman" "Ca Va Suzuka Ogo" "Taisuke Yamamoto Asei Kobayashi" "Kanae Chieko Matsubara" "Producers Osamu Kubota Shinji Ogawa" "Supervisor Tsuguhiko Kadokawa" "Executive Producers Masao Teshima Takahito Kashino Yoshio Osawa Shinya Wazaki" "Shinichiro Inoue Hiroshi Omine Joo Sung KIM Akira Ishii" "Associate Producers Satoshi Fukushima Masayuki Tanishima Miyuki Tanaka" "Cinematography Takahiro Tsutai (J.S.C.)" 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