Boy Meets Ghost
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- Movie: Boy Meets Ghost
- Romaji: Hanada shonen-shi
- Japanese: 花田少年史 幽霊と秘密のトンネル
- Director: Nobuo Mizuta
- Writer: Makoto Isshiki (comic), Sumio Omori
- Producer: Fumihiro Harada, Seiji Okuda, Takahiro Sato
- Cinemotagraphy:
- Release Date: August 19, 2006
- Runtime: 123 min.
- Studio: Shochiku
- Distributor Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
[edit] Plot
There is a peaceful country town by the sea. The naughty boy called Ichiro Hanada began to see ghosts in this summer ! After he was hit by a truck, he got this special power which is annoying him. He sees an old neighbor lady’s ghost, a high school girl’s ghost who appears in the tunnel, his best friend Sota’s father’s ghost – several ghosts comes to see Ichiro to talk about their matters and to ask their favors. He is in a panic because of these ghosts every day, and one day, a man’s ghost appeared to tell him that he is Ichiro’s real father! Is there any secret story of the Hanada family which every member is always cheerfully laughing? Here is to start of Ichiro’s big adventure for finding the truth!
[edit] Notes
This original book is the big hit comic in Japan called "Boy Meets Ghost" written by Makoto Isshiki (published by Kodansha). In 2002, the animation of this book was broadcasted by the NTV net, and received the best animation award of Tokyo International Animation Fare in 2003 and the best long animation award of the 8th Asian Television Award.
[edit] Cast
- Kenta Suga - Ichiro Hanada
- Ryoko Shinohara - Toshie Hanada
- Masahiko Nishimura - Daijiro Hanada
- Masako Motai - Yoshikawa no baachan
- Nozomi Ando - Seiko Katori
- Mari Hamada
- Kazuaki Hankai
- Kazuki Kitamura - Masahiko Sawai
- Utano Kito - Kei Ichimura
- Takashi Kobayashi - Kazuo Ichimura
- Kodai Matsuda - Sota Murakami
- Hiroko Nakajima - Miyoko Murakami
- Natsumi Ohira - Noriko Hanada
- Naomasa Rokudaira
- Tetta Sugimoto - Takeshi Murakami
- Koichi Ueda - Tokujiro Hanada
