South Korea / Oct 04, 2019 / Busan International Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Naoto Takenaka | Tomio Aoki |
| Eri Watanabe | Toyoko Aoki |
| Fumiyo Kohinata | Shigezo Tachibana |
| Yusuke Sugiyama | Iwatetsu |
| Minami Kajihara | |
| Hitoshi Nonomura | Subordinate |
| Sosuke Ikematsu | Buntaro Futagawa |
Genres
ComedyHistoryDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | カツベン! |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Toei Company, Kinoshita Group, TV Asahi, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun, Altamira Pictures |
| Release date | 13 dicembre 2019 |
| Production | Shoji Masui, Kazuhito Amano, Motoi Sasaki, Takao Tsuchimoto, Shintaro Horikawa, Masashi Yagi |
| Writer | Masayuki Suō |
| Editing | Jun'ichi Kikuchi |
| Cinematography | Junichi Fujisawa |
| Assistant directors | Kazumi Matsuzawa, Masayuki Suō |
| Lighting | Tatsuya Osada |
| Camera operators | Junichi Fujisawa |
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| Additional photography | Junichi Fujisawa |
| Production design | Norihiro Isoda, Koichi Hirai |
| Art direction | Norihiro Isoda, Koichi Hirai |
| Set decoration | Norihiro Isoda, Koichi Hirai |
| Visual effects | Koichi Noguchi |
| Music | Yoshikazu Suo, Hiromichi Kori |
| Sound | Yoshikazu Suo, Hiromichi Kori |
Release dates
Premiere
Japan / Oct 31, 2019 / Tokyo International Film Festival 2019
Theatrical release
Japan / Dec 13, 2019
Taiwan / Jan 31, 2020 / 保護級
Digital
South Korea / Jul 18, 2024 / 12 / 2024-VF00737
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