Sekai no chûshin de, ai o sakebu   2004   Japan Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World Image Cover
Additional Images
Director:Isao Yukisada
Studio:Toho Company
Writer:Kyouichi Katayama, Yuji Sakamoto
IMDb Rating:7.3 (1,306 votes)
Awards:9 wins & 7 nominations
Genre:Drama
Duration:138 min
Languages:Japanese
IMDb:0424430
Amazon:B001JT7C3O
Search:NetflixYouTube
Isao Yukisada  ...  (Director)
Kyouichi Katayama, Yuji Sakamoto  ...  (Writer)
 
Takao Osawa  ...  Sakutaro Matsumoto
Kou Shibasaki  ...  Ritsuko Fujimura
Masami Nagasawa  ...  Aki Hirose
Mirai Moriyama  ...  Sakutaro Matsumoto (High School)
Tsutomu Yamazaki  ...  Shigezou Matsumoto
Kankurô Kudô  ...  Ryunosuke Ooki
Kanji Tsuda  ...  Johnny
Issei Takahashi  ...  Ryunosuke (high school student)
Rio Kanno  ...  Ritsuko (girl)
Tetta Sugimoto  ...  Aki's Father
Katsutaka Furuhata  ...  Johnny (high school)
Kenta Uchino  ...  Classmate
Aki Nishihara  ...  Classmate
Masaru Miyazaki  ...  Classmate
Marie Kawaguchi  ...  Classmate
Kô Shibasaki  ...  Ritsuko Fujimura
Noboru Shinoda  ...  Cinematographer
Comments: Too much light coming through the windows; didn't like the cinematography; took longer than I needed to finish ... It's played very well, especially Masami Nagasawa, but no tears for this one.

Summary: In 1980s Kyushu, two teenagers fell in love, and exchanged their secrets and thoughts by way of sending tape recordings to each other. More than a decade later, the boy (now grown-up and bittered) rediscovers the last recording of his long-dead lover's voice. Her words trigger a series of flashbacks illustrating the joyful beginning and tragic end of their relationship.


Search: AmazonMRQERoviAsianmediawikiHanCinemaWikipediaMetacritic