Release Date : May, 26th, 2007
Screen Time : 109 min.
Genre : Drama, Romance, Fiction, Feature

Color : Color
Screening Format : 35mm
Screen Size : -
Sound System : -
Sound Processing : -

[ Directed by ] HIRAYAMA Hideyuki

[ Produced by ] WATANABE Atsushi, OGAWA Shinji

[ Cast ]

• KOKUBUN Taichi Mitsuba
• Karina TOKAWA Satsuki
• MORINAGA Yuuki MURABAYASHI
• MATSUSHIGE Yutaka YUGAWARA

[ Staff ]

• TESHIMA Masao Executive Producers
• Julie K. FUJISHIMA Executive Producers
• OKUDA Seiji Executive Producers
• TAJIMA Kazumasa Executive Producers
• WATANABE Junichi Executive Producers
• OTSUKI Noboru Executive Producers
• SATO Takako("Shaberedomo Shaberedomo" published by Shinchosha Co.) Original Novel
• OKUDERA Satoko Screenplay
• FUJISAWA Junichi (J.S.C) Director of Photography
• SUZAKI Chieko Editor
• YASUKAWA Goro Music
• NAKAYAMA Shin Production Design

[ Production Company ]

“ TALK, TALK, TALK ” Film Partners

[ Story ]

Directed by Hirayama Hideyuki of Begging for Love (Ai wo Kou Hito and OUT, based on a novel of the same title. It portrays an unsuccessful storyteller of Japanese traditional comedy called Rakugo, who matures through interaction with three inarticulate people. Two traditional Rakugo stories, “Kaen Daiko” and “Manju Kowai” are performed in the film.
Konjakutei Mitsuba (Kokubun Taichi), a Rakugo comedy storyteller, is distressed as he is unable to perform rakugo in the way that he likes it. Then a taciturn but beautiful girl, Tokawa (Karina), a bullied boy with a Kansai-region accent Murabayashi (Morinaga Yuuki), and an ex-pro baseball player turned baseball commenter Yugawara (Matsushige Yutaka), who is unable to speak freely on the microphone, come to Mitsuba to “learn how to talk”. The four get to know each other through Rakugo. Tokawa and Murabayashi, having learnt Rakugo, hold a recital. The two manage to perform Rakugo, which give them confidence. Murabayashi makes friends and Tokawa reveals her feelings to the person she loves. Yugawara gathers courage from the challenge of the two, and sets off on a new path. Mitsuba, too, has matured to another level as a Rakugo storyteller through interaction with the three people.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.shaberedomo.com/