69 (film)
Encyclopedia
69 is a 2004
film adaptation
of Ryu Murakami's
novel 69
.
2004 in film
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film adaptation
Film adaptation
Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, plays, and even...
of Ryu Murakami's
Ryu Murakami
is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. He is colloquially referred to as the "Maradona of Japanese literature".-Biography:Born as Ryūnosuke Murakami in Sasebo, Nagasaki on February 19, 1952...
novel 69
69 (novel)
is a roman à clef novel by Ryu Murakami. It was published first in 1987. It takes place in the year 1969, and tells the story of some high school students coming of age in an obscure Japanese city who try to mimic the counter-culture movements taking place in Tokyo and other parts of the...
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Cast
- Satoshi TsumabukiSatoshi Tsumabukiis a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize...
as Kenichi Yazaki - Masanobu AndoMasanobu Andois a Japanese actor and director.For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return....
as Tadashi "Adama" Yamada - Yuta KanaiYuta Kanaiis a Japanese actor.Kanai starred as Tamotsu Yoshizawa in L: Change the WorLd. He has also starred in Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit.-External links:*...
as Manabu Iwase - Asami MizukawaAsami Mizukawais a Japanese actress. She grew up in Ibaraki, Osaka.She made her debut in 1997 at age of thirteen in an advertisement for Asahi Kasei's "Hebel Haus". In 2000, she won the Grand Prix at the “3rd Miss Tokyo Walker” competition and gained the supporting role in the 2002 J-horror film Dark Water...
as Mie Nagayama - Rina Ohta as Kazuko "Lady Jane" Matsui
- Yoko MitsuyaYoko Mitsuyais a Japanese gravure idol and actress.- Biography:Yoko was born in Tokyo but moved to Saitama shortly after she was born. She began practicing ballet as a first grader; her dream was to become a ballerina. When she was in sixth grade, she applied for the Horipro Talent Scout Caravan and was...
as Yumi Sato - Hirofumi AraiHirofumi AraiHirofumi Arai is a third-generation Zainichi South Korean actor.-Career:Arai made his screen debut in Isao Yuiksada's GO in 2001...
as Bancho - Hideko Hara as Kenichi's mother
- Ittoku Kishibe as Matsunaga sensei
- Jun Kunimura as Sasaki
- Kyôhei Shibata as Kenichi's father
- Kenny Scott as Military Officer
External links
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