Out of This World (2004)
Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American soldiers at an Enlisted Men's Club. Tensions emerge between the tenor saxophonist, a disillusioned ex-soldier, and a bitter GI whose brother was killed in the war. And when the band plays the prohibited "Danny Boy" during a birthday bash for a sergeant whose son Danny had died a year ago, everyone must confront a past they'd rather forget.
Director:
Junji Sakamoto
Writer:
Junji Sakamoto
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Masato Hagiwara as Kentaro Hirooka |
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Joe Odagiri as Shozo Ikeshima |
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Shunsuke Matsuoka as Kazushiro Hirayama |
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Jun Murakami as Akira Amano |
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Peter Mullan as Jim |
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Shea Whigham as Russell Reade |
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Aki Maeda as Ryoko Yoda |
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Claude Maki as Kerry Tsukamoto |
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Mansaku Ikeuchi as Tsunemasa Kashida |
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Ken Mitsuishi as Soldier with one leg |
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IchirÅ Ogura as Kin-san |
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Maiko Kazama as Cherry's mama |
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Show Aikawa as Jerry Nakata |
| Directing | Junji Sakamoto | Director |
| Writing | Junji Sakamoto | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yasutaka Mori | Assistant Director |