is a Japanese
science fiction film directed by
Daihachi Yoshida and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by
Yukio Mishima
, born , was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was considered fo ...
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Plot
The Osugi family consists of the father Jūichirō Osugi (Lily Franky), mother Iyoko (Tomoko Nakajima), son Kazuo (Kazuya Kamenashi) and daughter Akiko (Ai Hashimoto). Over the course of the film, the father comes to believe that he is from Mars, the son that he is from Mercury and the daughter from Venus. Jūichirō works as a weather forecaster, Iyoko joins a
pyramid scheme selling water, Kazuo is a bike messenger and Akiko is a college student with a complex about her beauty.
The family struggle, often in conflict, to address the threat of global warming.
Cast
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Lily Franky as Jūichirō Ōsugi
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Kazuya Kamenashi
is a Japanese singer, actor, host, producer, magazine model and a member of KAT-TUN. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12.
He was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist ...
as Kazuo Ōsugi
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Ai Hashimoto as Akiko Ōsugi
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Tomoko Nakajima
is a Japanese actress best known for playing Hotaru Kuroita in the long-running television drama '' Kita no Kuni kara'' ("From a Northern Country"). She won the award for best supporting actress at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Tugumi''. ...
as Iyoko Ōsugi
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Kuranosuke Sasaki as Katsumi Kuroki
* Yūichi Haba
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Yurie Midori
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Junichi Haruta
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Ryuya Wakaba
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Asuka Hinoi
is a Japanese singer and actress.
Biography
Asuka's musical career began in 2002, when she was chosen with two other girls, Hikaru Koyama and Miho Hiroshige, to form the group LOVE & PEACE. Their song "Drifter" became the theme for the movi ...
Awards
References
External links
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2017 films
2010s science fiction drama films
Japanese science fiction drama films
Films directed by Daihachi Yoshida
Films based on works by Yukio Mishima
2010s Japanese films
2010s Japanese-language films
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