Travail (2002)
Asami and Rina are two sisters who are both professional shogi players in the same B League. Both are also unsatisfied with their partners — Asami is in a slump and is danger of slipping into the C League and she blames her husband Kazuya, and Rina is tired of her boyfriend Hiroki, an unsuccessful musician.
Director:
Kentaro Otani
Writer:
Kentaro Otani
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Asaka Seto as Asami Honjo |
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Shinya Tsukamoto as Kazuya Miyamae |
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Mikako Ichikawa as Rina Honjo |
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Jun Murakami as Hiroki Yajima |
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Miyako Yamaguchi as Yoshie Honjo |
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Ren Osugi as Muraoka |
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Kazuma Suzuki as Takahara |
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Kaori Tsuji as Ai |
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Yuu Tokui as |
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Rieko Adachi as |
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Masako Chiba as |
| Art | Takamasa Suzumuru | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Tadashi Ueda | Music |
| Production | Osamu Kubota | Producer |
| Sound | Tetsuya Kobayashi | Sound |
| Art | Yuji Tsuzuki | Production Design |
| Editing | Shuichi Kakesu | Editor |
| Production | Kiichi Mutô | Producer |
| Lighting | Toshiatsu Agatsuma | Gaffer |
| Sound | Yasuyuki Konno | Sound Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kaori Kaiga | Costume Design |
| Writing | Kentaro Otani | Screenplay |
| Directing | Kentaro Otani | Director |
| Camera | Kazuhiro Suzuki | Director of Photography |