Ichigensan (2000)
いちげんさん
A foreign university student tries to fit in in Kyoto by reading books to the blind and finds himself falling in love.
- Date of release
- 2000-01-29
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Genres
- Romance
- Director
- Isao Morimoto
Casting
- Edward Atterton — "Boku" (Me)
- Honami Suzuki — Kyoko Nakumura
- Yoshiko Nakada — Yuriko Nakamura
- Toshi Shioya — Assistant Professor
- Keizo Kanie — Head of the Kaizuka Gang
- Tetsu Watanabe
- Sokyu Fujita
Interesting facts
Ichigensan - The Newcomer is Swiss author David Zoppetti's debut novel. Written in Japanese, in 1996 it won the 20th Subaru Prize, awarded to new works by Subaru Novel Magazine, and was published by Shueisha that year. It was made into a film in 1999, and an English translation by Okinawan professor Takuma Sminkey was published by Ozaru Books in 2011.
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