Kita Kita

Kita Kita (2017)

Lea is a tour guide in Japan who suffered from temporary blindness and if not cured in a few weeks could be permanent. Tonyo who lives right across from Lea is persistent and determined to be her friend. They then become closer and Lea has seen the true character of Tonyo.

Date of release
2017-07-19
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Director
Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo

Casting

Interesting facts

Kita Kita is a 2017 Philippine romantic comedy film written and directed by Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo, and starring Alessandra de Rossi and Empoy Marquez. Set in Sapporo, Japan, the film follows Lea, a Filipino tour guide living in Japan who goes blind after having witnessed her Japanese fiancé's infidelity. After a while, fellow Filipino and charmer Tonyo (Marquez) makes a sudden appearance and befriends the visually impaired Lea in the best possible ways; eventually, they fall for one another. The film is produced by Joyce Bernal and Piolo Pascual's Spring Films and distributed by Viva Films.

Production

Lucky Blanco, one of the film's producers, was responsible for initiating the concept for Kita Kita. It was originally intended to be a romance story involving three people characterized as unattractive. Blanco forwarded a script to director Sigrid Andrea Bernardo, who then decided to give focus to only two characters that would be later portrayed by Empoy Marquez and Alessandra de Rossi.

Bernardo said that she wanted Kita Kita to focus on the concept of "falling in love even if you don’t see the person" and added that its story also focuses on the life of Overseas Filipino Workers, particularly on their experiences of entering into romantic relationships during their stay outside the Philippines.

Spring Films, an independent film production outfit founded by actor Piolo Pascual and director Joyce Bernal, made Kita Kita with a budget of ₱10 million (approximately US$211,000). It was co-produced by Viva Films.

De Rossi chose to do the role because she wanted to portray a character being courted instead of her previous roles of someone who would steal the boyfriend of another character. She describes the film in relation to her role as her "lightest film" and remarks that she was used to roles which involved heavy drama which she did not like due to restrictions she experienced.

Director Sigrid Andrea Bernardo described Marquez as "a discovery" for his portrayal as Tonyo remarking that the actor is not only good in doing comedies but also "has a heart for acting". She says that Marquez's portrayal of his character will make the audience see beyond his physical attributes.

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