is a 2011 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa

Yoshihiro Fukagawa

is a Japanese film director. His film Into the White Night was screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival....

. This film is based on a bestselling novel of the same name by an actual doctor.

Cast

• Sho Sakurai
  Sho Sakurai
  is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, newscaster, host and former radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi....
  
  , from the popular band Arashi
  Arashi
  is a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on November 3, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii...
  
  , will star in this film as Ichito Kurihara. Kurihara is a physician who works at a clinic in Nagano Prefecture
  Nagano Prefecture
  is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano...
  
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• Aoi Miyazaki
  Aoi Miyazaki
  is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her pure image and roles such as in Nana and Virgin Snow. Her brother Masaru Miyazaki is an actor, and they starred together in the film Hatsukoi. She married Sosuke Takaoka on June 15, 2007, her partner since she was fifteen.-Career:Miyazaki started...
  
   will play Haruna, Kurihara's wife and a mountain photographer.
• Jun Kaname
  Jun Kaname
  is a Japanese actor. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa. He made his drama debut as an actor in 2001 in the Tokusatsu Series "Kamen Rider Agito". He appears not only in TV dramas but also in movies, commercial messages, variety TV programs, plays, and music videos.-TV:...
  
  
• Michiko Kichise
  Michiko Kichise
  is a Japanese actress.-Tv Series:*Bloody Monday 2 *Liar Game 2 *BOSS *Moso Shimai *Tenchijin *Bloody Monday *Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu...
  
  
• Yoshinori Okada
  Yoshinori Okada
  is a Japanese actor. He has starred several TV series such as Atsuhime and Nobuta. O Produce as well as movies such as Densha otoko . He is a high school graduate and does not have a college degree...
  
  
• Aki Asakura
• Taizo Harada
• Tokuma Nishioka
• Chizuru Ikewaki
• Mariko Kaga
• Akira Emoto

Release

Kamisama no Karute was released in Japanese cinemas on 27 August 2011. It was released on 321 screens throughout the country.

Box Office

Kamisama no Karute grossed around 302.85 million yen on its debut weekend, making it the highest grossing film in the Japanese box office for the weekend of 27–28 August 2011. About 240 thousand audience went to watch this film over the same weekend, of which over half were made up of middle school students. Also, according to the film's official website, female audience outnumbered the male audience by a ratio of 93 to 7. It reached the 1 million audience mark on 13 September 2011.