¡Izakaya Choji
¡Japanese Movie
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[Machine Translation] The Last Samurai" is a worldwide breakthrough! The film was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Academy Awards in the U.S., and will be released on DVD for the first time in the future. The film co-stars Junko Sakurada as the wife of a single-minded tavern owner. Jun Miho plays Choji's ex-lover and mysterious daughter Sayo. The regulars who visit Izakaya "Choji" include Akio Kaneda, Kai Ato, Fujio Okamoto, Tetta Sugimoto, and the late Takuzo Kawatani, all of whom have their own unique personalities! Based on the short novel "Izakaya Choji", which was serialized in Shinchosha from 1982 and is based on an actual izakaya in Kokubunji. The film is directed by Haruhiko Mimura, who is not only a director but also a scriptwriter for a wide range of TV and film productions. The screenplay was written by Tetsuro Abe, who also wrote the "Hessho-Shigoto" series and "Saiyuki". Denkichi Fujino (Ken Watanabe) and his wife Shigeko (Junko Sakurada) run a tavern called "Choji. Every night, customers gather at their restaurant, where they laugh and fight with each other, and relax after a hard day's work. One evening, while Choji is preparing for the opening, Sayo ( Jun Miho ) appears before him. Sayo is Choji's former girlfriend, now married into the Kamiya family, an old local landowner, but she has been missing for three months. Choji is surprised and relieved. But when he takes his eyes off her for a moment, Sayo disappears... At the same time, an incident is about to happen at Izakaya "Choji"...?
Original Release Year: 1992
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