Harmful Insect (2002)
害虫
13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
- Date of release
- 2002-03-16
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (29)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Akihiko Shiota
Casting
- Aoi Miyazaki — Sachiko Kita
- Yu Aoi — Natsuko Yamaoka
- Ryo — Toshiko Kita
- Seiichi Tanabe — Ogata
- Yuria Haga — Rumi
- Yusuke Iseya — Cofeeshop Guy
- Eihi Shiina — Music Teacher
- Tetsu Sawaki — Takao
- Koji Ishikawa — Kyuzo
- Ken Mitsuishi — Man with Cell Phone
- Takayo Mimura — Kazumi
- Kenjirou Ishimaru — Middle-Aged Man in Convenience Store
Interesting facts
Harmful Insect is a 2001 Japanese drama film directed by Akihiko Shiota and starring Aoi Miyazaki. Shiota credits the original story to Yayoi Kiyono, a student of his during his time teaching at the Film School of Tokyo.
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