Kakekomi

2015 Japanese film

Yo Oizumi
Erika Toda
Hikari Mitsushima
Kirin Kiki
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Tsutomu Yamazaki

CinematographyTakahide ShibanushiEdited byYūjin HaradaMusic byHarumi FūkiDistributed byShochiku

Release date

May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)

Running time

143 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBox office¥157.6 million (Japan)

Kakekomi (駆込み女と駆出し男, Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko) is a 2015 Japanese jidaigeki drama film directed by Masato Harada. It was released in Japan on May 16, 2015.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Yo Oizumi as Shinjirō Nakamura
Erika Toda as Jogo
Hikari Mitsushima as Ogin
Rina Uchiyama as Yū Togasaki
Hana Hizuki as Hōshūni
Midoriko Kimura as Okatsu
Katsumi Kiba as Rihei
Katsuo Nakamura as Kaze no Kinbei

Production

Kakekomi's screenplay was based on the novel Tokeiji Hanadayori by Hisashi Inoue.

The film was shot at Engyō-ji Temple in Himeji. Director Masato Harada first saw the location while filming The Last Samurai.^[3]^[4]

Reception

On its opening weekend the film grossed ¥157.585 million at the Japanese box office.^[5] Zahraa Mubarak of 'High on Films' Website called Kakekomi "a shocking and intense experience" in her review of the film.

References

^ 駆込み女と駆出し男(2015). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
^ 駆込み女と駆出し男 (in Japanese). Cinematoday Inc. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
^ 大泉洋×戸田恵梨香×満島ひかりで時代劇！江戸時代の“離婚”描く『駆込み女と駆出し男』 (in Japanese). IID, Inc. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
^ 大泉洋節、さく裂！笑って泣ける時代劇エンターテインメント『駆込み女と駆出し男』 (in Japanese). Excite Japan Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
^ "Japan Box Office Report – 5/16~5/17". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. May 19, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.