Masaharu Take	...	(Director)
Shin Adachi	...	(Writer)
Sakura Andô	...
Hirofumi Arai	...
Toshie Negishi	...
Saori	...
Yôzaburô Itô	...
Shôhei Uno	...
Tadashi Sakata	...
Kaito Yoshimura	...
Shinichirô Matsuura	...
Yûki Okita	...
Osamu Matsushige	...
Miyoko Inagawa	...
Osamu Shigematsu	...
Shogo Kaida	...	Composer
Hiromitsu Nishimura	...	Cinematographer
Chieko Suzaki	...	Editor

Comments: The first 71 minutes, or so, of the film are repulsive, poorly written and conceived, and badly acted. But I can't wait to see one of my favorite actresses, Sakura Andô, get punched in the face.

The line about the meat being "stupidly huge" is priceless.

The films ends well, and there is a scene of Sakura leaving her locker room and walking up some stairs, about to enter the ring for her first boxing match, where she is so in the method acting zone it gave me shivers. But, come on Sakura, for the first 71 minutes you acted dumb and frumpy and hid behind your hair. Stop doing that character! It's not interesting any more.

100 Yen Love is a film where the makers lined up a bunch of losers and told them to act like stupid, obnoxious assholes. Not interesting, not entertaining. But it's formula and it sells. No surprise this is Japan's submission to the Academy Awards.


Summary: Kazuko (Sakura Ando) lives at her parents' home. She rarely hangs out with other people. Things change when her younger sister divorces and moves back with her child. Kazuko and her sister's relationship goes bad, causing Kazuko to move out and live alone. What brings happiness to Kazuko is to watch a middle-aged boxer (Hirofumi Arai) practice at a boxing gym. The boxing gym is located between the 100 yen shop where she works and her home.

One day, Kazuko and the middle-aged boxer meet and they begin to live together.
Notes

1. Screenplay won the grand prize scenario award at the 2012 Shunan Film Festival.