is a 2023 Japanese

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film written and directed by

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. Produced under

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and

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, it stars

, Hana Toyoshima, Tetta Shimada,

Yui Sakuma is a Japanese actress and model. Her acting roles have included Tokiko Sukegawa in the 96th NHK asadora '' Hiyokko'' and Yui Shida in the ''Fuji TV'' series '' Transit Girls''. Early life Sakuma was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 10, 199 ...

Mitsuru Hirata is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award and the award for best supporting actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Fall Guy''. Filmography Film *''Fall Guy'' (1982), Yasu * '' The Gate of Youth: Part ...

with

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and

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. The film was released on

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on 23 February 2023.

Cast

Kasumi Arimura , is a Japanese actress. Her television roles have included the young Haruko Amano in the 2013 NHK asadora '' Amachan'' and the lead role in the 2017 asadora '' Hiyokko''. She has also appeared in several films, including '' Flying Colors'', for ...

as Chihiro / Aya Furusawa, a former sex worker who now works at a bento shop. Her real name is Aya but Chihiro is her stage name * Hana Toyoshima as Kuniko Seo / Okaji, a shy girl who secretly takes pictures of Chihiro and later becomes her friend * Tetta Shimada as Makoto Satake, a yong boy who lives with his mother and later becomes Chihiro's friend * Van as Basil, Chihiro's best friend who falls in love with her former boss and starts working at his aquarium shop *

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as Taniguchi *

as Hitomi, Makoto's mother * Itsuki Nagasawa as Chinatsu Ube, a girl who likes to read manga and one of Chihiro's friends *

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as Chihiro, a woman Chihiro met when she was a child and is the inspiration for her stage name * Keiichi Suzuki as Tramp *

Toshie Negishi is a Japanese film and television actress. Filmography Film * '' Kaerazaru hibi'' (1978) * '' Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' (1983) - Tachibana * '' Lonely Heart'' (1985) - Makoto's mother * '' The Sea and Poison'' (1986) - Ueda * '' Sada'' (1998) - Yo ...

as Nagai *

as Bito, Tae's husband and the owner of the bento shop where Chihiro works *

as Utsumi, Chihiro's former boss *

as Tae, the owner of the bento shop where Chihiro works

Production

The film was announced on

. It is based on the manga series ''Chihiro-san'' by Hiroyuki Yasuda. The

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of the film took place in

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has b ...

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. The trailer of the film was released on 6 December 2022.

Reception

Brian Costello of ''

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'' rated the film 4 stars out of 5. Tatat Bunnag of ''

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'', Felix Martua of ''The Jakarta Post'' reviewed the film.

References

External links

* * {{Portal bar, Film, Japan 2020s Japanese films Films shot in Hiroshima Netflix original films