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Release Date:
May 12, 2007
Original Title:
赤い文化住宅の初子
Alternate Titles:
Akai bunka jûtaku no hatsuko
Production Companies:
Slow Learner
Trinet Entertainment
Victor Entertainment
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 100
15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager house-keeping money on adult entertainment. Hatsuko, who is poor and has no friends, finds emotional support in Mishima (Sano Kazuma), a boy in her class, who helps her with her study to go to a high school together. However, Hatsuko's brother causes trouble at the factory and gets the sack. Hatsuko gives up her dream of going to high school. In spring, the modest relationship continues between Mishima, now a high school student, and Hatsuko who works at a biscuit factory. One day, Hatsuko's long-gone father reappears. In a drunken frenzy, he sets fire to the house to go and rejoin the mother, leaving Hatsuko without a place to live. Hatsuko leaves the town on her own, drawing strength from the promise of marriage with Mishima.
Art Direction:
Akira Ishige
Director:
Yuki Tanada
Director of Photography:
Satoshi Shimomoto
Editor:
Kiyomi Watarai
Executive Producer:
Masahiro Kataoka
Hiromi Aihara
Line Producer:
Masashi Minami
Original Music Composer:
Michinori Toyoda
Original Story:
Hiroko Matsuda
Producer:
Tomohiro Kobayashi
Hisashi Sato
Toshiki Kimura
Screenplay:
Yuki Tanada
Sound Recordist:
Fusao Yuwaki
Theme Song Performance:
UA
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