Film

Movie box-ing

2004 · 1h 7m · Comedy · Drama

"Movie Box-ing" is a Japanese film from 2003. It is an omnibus-style film consisting of three short stories: "Run-ing", "The Spinning Boy" and "The Policeman and the Summer Clothes" "Run-ing": Four men and women, each with their own unique circumstances and backgrounds, find themselves running after hearing the gunshot of an assassin targeting a man who stole a bag from an organization. The story follows what happens when they reach the finish line. "The Spinning Boy": Yoshio loves to spin around. Despite a class goal to make him stop spinning, he continues. One day, his father gets injured, and Yoshio declares, "I won't spin anymore." "The Policeman and the Summer Clothes": On the eve of a summer festival, Shingo, a policeman in a small coastal town, is involved in a case. While his girlfriend, Chizuru, is job hunting in Tokyo, Shingo questions Mariko, a university entrance exam candidate, about breaking a shop window.

Koyomi Amata

Akiko Fukuda

Mizuho Hamano

Natsuki Harada

Yasuhito Hida

Yutaka Hiramatsu

Yû Horimizu

Hirotaka Ohkuma

Okada Megumi

Mayumi Satoi

Tsugumi

Yukinobu Yamada

Koichi Yamadera

• Yoshihiro FukagawaDirector
• GishoDirector
• Reiko SaitoDirector
• Yûki ShimazakiScreenplay
• Makoto IchihôshiScreenplay
• Hiromitsu ToyoharaScreenplay
• Hideaki MatsumotoProducer
• Toyoyuki YokohamaExecutive Producer
• Shin'ya KawaiExecutive Producer
• Atsuhiro NabeshimaDirector of Photography

Release date

October 30, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 7m

Genres

Comedy, Drama