19 is a 2001 Japanese

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written and directed by

Kazushi Watanabe is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7- dan. Early life and apprenticeship Watanabe was born on October 6, 1994, in Shinjuku, Tokyo. He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was about five years old, and was accepted into ...

. It was released on 14 July 2001.

Cast

* as Usami *

* Masashi Endō *

Nachi Nozawa was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Tokyo. He was affiliated with Office PAC at the time of his death. His real name was . Nozawa was the official dub-over artist of Al Pacino and Alain Delon, and also dubbed th ...

* Ryo Shinmyo * Takeo Noro

Reception

Tom Mes of

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wrote that the film "has less to do with social comment than with delivering an exercise in consistency."

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* 2001 drama films 2001 films Japanese drama films 2000s Japanese films 2000s Japanese-language films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub