A Ghost of a Chance
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Profile
- Movie: A Ghost of a Chance (International English title) / Once in a Blue Moon (Japanese English title)
- Romaji: Suteki na Kanashibari
- Japanese: ステキな金縛り
- Director: Koki Mitani
- Writer: Koki Mitani
- Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Yoshinari Shimatani, Kuga Maeda, Ken Tsuchiya
- Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto
- Release Date: October 29, 2011
- Runtime: 142 min.
- Distributor: Toho
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Emi Hosho (Eri Fukatsu), a not so successful lawyer, is assigned to the one of the most unusual of cases. Her client is accused of murdering his wealthy wife and he his alibi is that he was staying at an inn while suffering from "kanashibar" (sleep paralysis). The only witness able to corroborate his alibi is the 500-year-old ghost of the Sengoku period military commander Rokubei Sarashina (Toshiyuki Nishida) - who sat on the accused's chest all night long.
Attorney Emi Hosho travels to the inn to investigate further. Emi Hosho also falls into "kanashibar" and soon discovers the 500-year-ghost sitting on her chest. Knowing that the ghost is the only witness who can support her client's alibi, she grabs his hand and pleads with him to testify in court ....
Cast
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| Eri Fukatsu | Toshiyuki Nishida | Hiroshi Abe | Kiichi Nakai | KAN |
| Emi Hosho | Rokubei Sarashina | Hayami | Osano | Goro Yabe |
| (attorney) | (witness) | (attorney) | (prosecutor) | (Suzuko's husband) |
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| Yuko Takeuchi | Yuko Takeuchi | Koji Yamamoto | Tadanobu Asano | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi |
| Suzuko Yabe | Fuko Hino | Tutomu Hino | Kenichi Kido | Teruo Hoshou |
| (art buyer) | (company president) | (Suzuko's lover) | (historian) | (Emi's father) |
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| Fumiyo Kohinata | Kazuyuki Asano | Keiko Toda | Koichi Sato | Masachika Ichimura |
| Jouji Danda | Inose | Inose | Hiroki Murata | Tsukutsuku Abe |
| (owner of inn) | (owner of inn) | (unpopular actor) | (fortuneteller) |
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| Takashi Kobayashi | Takayuki Kinoshita |
| Hitoshi Kan | Makio Kudou |
| (judge) | (Emi's lover) |
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| Katsuhisa Namase | Kyoko Fukada | Ryoko Shinohara | Sen Yamamoto | Zen Kajihara |
| Kaoru Urabe | Guma Maeda | screaming woman | Tamaru Himura | Iseya |
| (taxi driver) | (waitress) | (call girl) | (court painter) | (truck driver) |
Additional Cast Members:
- Kenji Anan - Nojima
- Yoshimasa Kondo - psychic researcher
- Toshiaki Karasawa - doctor
- Kazuyuki Aijima - Urushihara
- Yo Oizumi - attorney
- Kenji Uchikura
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Film Festivals
- 2011 (24th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 22 - 30, 2011 - Special Screenings *International Premiere
- 2011 (48th) Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - November 3-24, 2011 - Panorama
Awards
- Tsutaya Fan Award (Mirai Moriyama) - 2011 (66th) Mainichi Film Awards - January 18, 2012
nururu88 Says:
Dec 20 2011 6:30 am
WOOW!
this is A MUST SEE!
aRini Says:
Dec 04 2011 10:23 pm
wtf? the cast is so unbeliveable!!! to much high class actress and actor there... just adding more would be fine... Takuya Kimura!!!
SEKAI Says:
Nov 11 2011 6:50 pm
PERFECT CAST !