Night Time Picnic
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- Movie: Night Time Picnic
- Romaji: Yoru no pikunikku
- Japanese: 夜のピクニック
- Director: Masahiko Nagasawa
- Writer: Riku Onda (novel), Masahiko Nagasawa (screenplay)
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: September 30, 2006
- Runtime: 117 min
- Studio: Movie-Eye Entertainment
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
- Ending Song: フタリ by MONKEY MAJIK
Plot
Following last year's sensitive Way of Blue Sky, director Nagasawa Masahiko continues to deal with coming-of-age tropes in Yoru no Picnic (a.k.a. Night Time Picnic). The film follows a group of high school students on a strenuous day-long hike during which they discover new sides of themselves. The story is adapted from author Onda Rika's popular same-titled novel, which earned Onda the Yoshikawa New Literary Writer's Award and the second Honya Award. Yoru no Picnic features a talented young cast including Tabe Mikako and Nishihara Aki who previously appeared in Way of Blue Sky, Ishida Takuya (Rough), Ikematsu Sosuke (Yamato), model Kato Rosa, and Kaku Tomohiro (Hana and Alice). Takako's (Tabe Mikako) high school has a unique tradition. Every year, the school's 1000 students walk 80 kilometers in 24 hours. As this is her final year of high school, Takako decides to work up the courage to talk to her stepbrother You (Ishida Takuya), whom she has never spoken to before. Classmates who are unaware of their relationship read something more into their awkward overtures.
Cast
- Tasuku Emoto - Koichiro Takami
- Sosuke Ikematsu - Junya Sakaki
- Takuya Ishida - You Nishiwaki
- Tomohiro Kaku - Shinobu Toda
- Shihori Kanjiya - Rika Gotou
- Rosa Kato - Anna Sakaki
- Madoka Matsuda - Chiaki Kajiya
- Aki Nishihara - Miwako Yusa
- Mikako Tabe - Takako Koda
- Ai Takabe - Ryoko Uchihori
- Narumi Konno
- Kaho Minami
- Ryosei Tayama
- Akifumi Miura
- Yoshie Otsuka
Film Festivals
- 2008 (8th) Nippon Connection - April 2nd-6th
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croozn Says:
Dec 13 2011 1:52 am
Wonderful film, very sweet.
Godfrey Sompia_Magnusian Legend Says:
Oct 24 2011 10:04 am
Is it true that it's beautiful? where can i download it with english subtitles or even english language?
i cannot understand japanese,
and i'm eager to see it cause i'm a fan of Sosuke,
Jodie jeziea B. Sangma Says:
Oct 17 2011 10:18 pm
I love this movie very much..<3
chujniak Says:
May 03 2011 2:44 pm
Great, entertaining coming-of-age drama with some funny scenes too.