Comedy ·Drama · Japan · 2015 · 1h 59m

Fantastic Girls

でーれーガールズ

Director

Cast

Rika Adachi as Takemi Akimoto (young) Mio Yuki as Ayuko Sasaoka (young) Yuri Shirahane as Ayuko Sasaoka (adult) Aran Kei as Takemi Akimoto (adult) Kenta Suga as Jun Suzuki Masato Yano as Hideho

Crew

Natsuyo Nakamura — Director of Photography Hiroyuki Yoneda — Editor Hiroyasu Yano — Original Music Composer Takashi Minamoto — Writer Maha Harada — Novel Yasuhiko Hattori — Producer

Synopsis

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Akiko Ohku Director Natsuyo Nakamura Director of Photography Hiroyuki Yoneda Editor Hiroyasu Yano Original Music Composer Takashi Minamoto Writer Maha Harada Novel Yasuhiko Hattori Producer

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