The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her heart stops momentarily, and she falls into a deep coma. Hisashi visits Mai at the hospital every day before work. With no idea if or when she will ever awake, Mai’s parents encourage Hisashi to find someone else, but he refuses to give up and continues to pray for her recovery. As if his prayers are answered, Mai begins to regain consciousness several years later, and even utters a few words. But tragically, she has suffered brain damage and has no memory of Hisashi.
Director:
Takahisa Zeze
Writer:
Yoshikazu Okada
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Takeru Satoh as Hisashi |
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Tao Tsuchiya as Mai Nakahara |
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Hiroko Yakushimaru as Hatsumi Nakahara |
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Tetta Sugimoto as Koji Nakahara |
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Kazuki Kitamura as Shibata |
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Kenta Hamano as Kosuke Murota |
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Yuri Nakamura as 岛尾真美子 Mamiko Shimao |
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Keisuke Horibe as Doctor Wada |
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Kanji Furutachi as CEO of Somen Factory |
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Maho Yamada as |
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Natsumi Ishibashi as |
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Chiharu Ogoshi as |
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Risako Ito as |
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Ramu Matsumoto as |
| Writing | Yoshikazu Okada | Screenplay |
| Directing | Takahisa Zeze | Director |
| Art | Kiyotaka Ohara | Decorator |
| Production | Shinya Watanabe | Producer |
| Camera | Kōichi Saitō | Director of Photography |
| Production | Tadashi Osumi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Takashi Hirano | Executive Producer |
| Production | Shigeaki Yoshida | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tetsuo Genshou | Executive Producer |
| Production | Daisuke Fukushima | Producer |
| Production | Akiko Ikuno | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomomi Arai | Makeup & Hair |
| Visual Effects | Masaru Tateishi | Visual Effects |
| Lighting | Meichô Tomiyama | Gaffer |
| Art | Keiko Mitsumatsu | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Haruki Koketsu | Costumer |
| Sound | Kazuhiro Kurihara | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Ryo Hayano | Editor |
| Sound | Takatsugu Muramatsu | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sukeyuki Ito | Production Manager |
| Directing | Atsushi Unno | Assistant Director |
| Production | Tomohiro Abe | Line Producer |