Same Old, Same Old (2016)
Focusing on the lives (and a few deaths) of three filmmakers, Rikiya Imaizumi (Their Distance, Sad Tea) tackles weighty themes in this new ensemble drama set in Tokyo and Fukushima. Director Kajiwara, struggling to earn a living from film, gets an offer to do a music video. But it doesn’t go well and he finds himself in an unexpected situation. Actress Aoba witnesses her filmmaker boyfriend's suicide and decides to hide his body. Gardener Taro plans to close the family business he inherits from his father, but receives a phone call one night from the self-declared girlfriend of his estranged twin, Jiro.
Director:
Rikiya Imaizumi
Writer:
Rikiya Imaizumi
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Taro Uchibori as Taro Imaizumi / Yoshito Yamashita |
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Marika Matsumoto as Aoba Harada |
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Masaru Yahagi as Yuichi Kajiwara |
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Yui Murata as Sachiko Tada |
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Tomohiko Kiyota as Kiyota |
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Mitsuki Akiba as |
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Hachi Nekome as |
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Ririka as Saho Hoshi |
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疋田健人 as |
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Ayaka Kawashima as Aya Sukagawa |
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Chiharu Mimori as Yoko Takeshita |
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Ayano Kaneko as Ami Ushikoshi |
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En Nakagami as |
| Directing | Rikiya Imaizumi | Director |
| Camera | Hiroshi Iwanaga | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ayano Kaneko | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Asuka Nemoto | Sound Director |
| Editing | Rikiya Imaizumi | Editor |
| Writing | Rikiya Imaizumi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Wataru Hiranami | Assistant Director |