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 character, see Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

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. For the dessert, see shortcake

Shortcake

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Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) is a Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name

Strawberry Shortcakes (manga)

is a one-volume manga written and illustrated by Kiriko Nananan, published by Shodensha in 2002. It is about the lives of four young women in a large city. It was licensed in French by Casterman manga imprint Sakka and in Italy by Kappa Edizioni. Strawberry Shortcakes was adapted into a film of the...

 by Kiriko Nananan

Kiriko Nananan

is a female Japanese manga artist. She is famous for her realistic josei work featuring understated artwork with a sense of detachment. In addition she has affiliated herself with the "La nouvelle manga" movement. Her first work was published in Garo in 1993. Two of her works have been made into...

, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo. This movie ranked 7th Best Film at the 2006 Yokohama Film Festival

Yokohama Film Festival

The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...

 and got Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography prizes from the same festival.

Cast

• Satoko - Ikewaki Chizuru
  Ikewaki Chizuru
  is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in Ōsaka monogatari. She played Chika Shinoda in the Japanese TV drama Summer Snow that aired 2000.-Filmography:...
  
  
• Chihiro - Nakagoshi Noriko
• Akiyo - Nakamura Yuko
• Toko Iwase - Kiriko Nananan
  Kiriko Nananan
  is a female Japanese manga artist. She is famous for her realistic josei work featuring understated artwork with a sense of detachment. In addition she has affiliated herself with the "La nouvelle manga" movement. Her first work was published in Garo in 1993. Two of her works have been made into...
  
   (the original comic writer)
• Nagai - Ryō Kase
  Ryo Kase
  is a Japanese actor. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington until he was seven. He portrayed Shimizu, one of the lower-ranked Japanese soldiers, in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima. He starred in Masayuki Suo's film I Just Didn't Do It.-Filmography:...
  
  
• Kikuchi - Masanobu Ando
  Masanobu Ando
  is 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....
  
  

Awards

• Best Supporting Actress: Yûko Nakamura, 2006 - Yokohama Film Festival
  Yokohama Film Festival
  The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...
  
  
• Best Cinematography: Isao Ishii, 2006 - Yokohama Film Festival