Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box (2009)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2009-10-10
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Cinegriot
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Masanori Tominaga
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Summary

After Japan's defeat in WWII, "Pandora no hako" follows a young man named Risuke (Shota Sometani) who has contracted tuberculosis. He travels to the countryside to a unique nursing facility to receive treatment for his disease. At the sanatorium all the patients and nurses go by nicknames and Risuke decides to reinvent himself as Hibari. During his stay, Hibari develops realationships with other patients and nurses. After Hibari's friend Tsuikushi (Yosuke Kubozuka) gets discharged from the nursing facility, Hibari writes to him about his relationships with Dakesang (Mieko Kawakami) the chief nurse and Mabo (Riisa Naka) another nurse that is bright and seems to like him.

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  • Shota Sometani

    as Risuke/Hibari

  • Mieko Kawakami

    as Daekesang

  • Yosuke Kubozuka

    as Tsukushi

  • Riisa Naka

    as Mabo

  • Yoriko Doguchi

    as

  • Mickey Curtis

    as

  • Kiki

    as

  • Ryo Fukawa

    as

  • Yutaka Oda

    as
Writing Masanori Tominaga Writer
Directing Masanori Tominaga Director
Production Toshikazu Nishigaya Producer
Crew Motoki Kobayashi Cinematography
Art Toshiharu Nakamae Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Kazuyo Koiso Costume Design
Sound Naruyoshi Kikuchi Music
Writing Osamu Dazai Novel
Production Atsuko Ohno Producer
Editing Masanori Tominaga Editor

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