The Devil Wears Ju-Ni Hitoe Kimono (2020)
Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji". There is a blinding flash of light and he finds himself mysteriously time-slipped into the Heian period, the setting for the famous novel. Armed with a pamphlet on the history of the period and a bottle of headache tablets he passes as an onmyoji (magical protector of the capital) and is hired by the emperor’s wife Nyogo Kokiden. Fearless and coldly analytical she plots to have her son take over the Emperor’s position. Rai is expected to help. This light-hearted historical fantasy is a treat for lovers of sumptuous kimono.
Director: Hitomi Kuroki
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Kentaro Ito as Rai |
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Ayaka Miyoshi as Lady Kokiden |
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Sairi Ito as Rinko |
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Taketo Tanaka as Harumiya |
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Kanata Hosoda as Mizu Ito |
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LiLiCo as Motoko Yamashita |
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Ryouta Murai as Kimura |
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Naho Toda as Akiko Ito |
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LaSalle Ishii as |
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Yūsuke Iseya as Emperor Kiritsubo |
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Momiji Yamamura as |
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Takashi Sasano as |
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Mayuna Saburi as Yukina |
| Writing | Kumi Tawada | Writer |
| Directing | Hitomi Kuroki | Director |
| Production | Yumiko Takebe | Producer |
| Lighting | Masahiro Kimura | Lighting Director |
| Writing | Makiko Uchidate | Novel |
| Production | Wakana Kanno | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Keisuke Sakai | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Yuta Tsukinaga | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Kosuke Yamashita | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Naoya Kinoshita | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Akiko Fujiyama | Costumer |
| Production | TAGUCHI Yusuke | Line Producer |
| Editing | Chieko Suzaki | Editor |
| Sound | Hiroki Matsuura | Sound Effects |
| Directing | Ryuichi Saeki | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Kazuyori Kosaka | VFX Supervisor |
| Art | Keiko Mitsumatsu | Production Design |
| Sound | Hironobu Tanaka | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Koichi Hirai | Decorator |
| Crew | Kumiko Yoshida | Script |