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| Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai I Just Didn't Do It (International: English title) |
| Cast (in alphabetical order)
Ryo Kase .... Teppei Kaneko Masako Motai .... Toyoko Kaneko Asaka Seto .... Riko Sudo, Lawyer Misa Shimizu:Kiyoko Sada Ken Mitsuishi:Mitsuru Sada Hiromasa Taguchi: Naoto Takenaka: Tomio Aoki Koji Yakusho .... Masayoshi Arakawa, Lawyer Kohji Yamamoto .... Tatsuo Saito Toru Masuoka ...Seiichiro Tamura Yu Tokui... |
| Directed and written by Masayuki Suo Produced by Chihiro Kameyama .... executive producer Shoji Masui .... producer Original Music by Yoshikazu Suo Cinematography by Naoki Kayano Film Editing by Junichi Kikuchi Production Design by Kyoko Heya Sound Department Kiyoshi Yoneyama .... sound |
| Created on July 9, 2006 |
| Brief synopsis Teppei Kaneko (Ryo Kase), a young part timer, on a train on his way to an IT company for an interview, is mistaken for a molester. He refuses to admit that he is guilty and is detained at a police station, where he is told that if he admits his wrongdoing ,he will be released on a so called 'jidan' (for a settlement out of court) basis; but since Teppei insists that he is innocent, his case is referred to the criminal court for a hearing. Teppei's mother, Toyoko (Masako Motai) and his friend Mr. Saito (Koji Yamamoto) believe in his innocence, and in due course, after a lot of hustle and bustle, they meet a young lawyer Riko Sudo (Asaka Seto) and senior lawyer Masayoshi Arakawa (Koji Yakusho) and ask them for helpc. |
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| Release date in Japan: January 20, 2007 |
| January 15 Here's the photo of Koji Yakusho and Masayuki Suo, Ryo Kase and Asaka Seto at the Hochi Movie Awards ceremony on December 17, 2007. Koji attended the ceremony to hand Director Suo a bonquet. January 13, 2008 Japanese movie magazine, "Kinema Jumpo" has selected "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" the top Japanese movie of the year. Masayuki Suo won both Best Director Award and Best Screenplay Award. Ryo Kase won the Best Actor Award. The awards ceremony for the Kinema Junpo Awards will be held on February 5. Source:TOKYOGRPH December 19 "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" was selected as one of the five best films for the 31st Japanese Academy Awards. Masayuki Suo and Ryo Kase were also selected as one of the five best directors and one of the five best actors respectively. Koji Yakusho was selected as one of the best actors, together with Ryo Kase. Here is the report about the 31st Japanese Academy Awards and here is the full list of the nominees. November 28 Masayuki Suo's "Soredemo Bokuwa Yattenai" won the Hochi Best Movie Award and Ryo Kase earned the Best Acter Award. September 16 "Japan has chosen Masayuki Suo's "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" ("I Just Didn't Do It") as its entry for best foreign language film in next year's Academy Awards. The nominations for the category will be announced on January 23." (TOKYOGRAPH) I Just Didn't Do It (International: English title) will be shown at the NY Film Festival at Lincoln Center October 9 - 10, 2007. (Thanks, ddp5373) May 21 A Variety review on "I Just Didn't Do It". This film was shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival (market) on May 17. The DVD of this film will be released from August 10, 2007. For further information, please click here. Feburuay 5 On February 2 Director Masayuki Suo and Ryo Kase talked about "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. January 20 "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" at last opened nationwide in Japan. Director Masayuki Suo, Koji Yakusho, Ryo Kase, Asaka Seto and Masako Motai greeted the audience from the satge at a movie theater called Shante Shine, Ginza, Tokyo. January 5, 2007 Yesterday I went to get a ticket fot "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" in one of the movie theaters in Tokyo. At that time I was also given a flyer of this movie. The tickets are available at any theater ticket agency, but to get movie flyers we have to go to movie theaters. The flyer design of this movie was different from the one previously shown on my website. I had found the earlier picture printed on the ticket that I purchased. The flyer design was the same as that of the new poster. October 11 On October 10, the press conference of "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" was held in Tokyo with following people present: director Masayuki Suo, Koji Yakusho, Ryo Kase and Asaka Seto. Here is a more detailed report about the press conference. July 13 Here is the photo of Koji Yakusho, Asaka Seto, Ryo Kase and Masayuki Suo at the time of the press conference when this movie wrapped up. July 9 Koji Yakusho's official website was renewed on July 4, and it says that Koji finished filming Masayuki Suo's "Soredemo Bokuwa Yattenai" in early July. It also says that this is the first time Koji played the role of a real lawyer: he has played the role of a pretence lawyer twice in two TV dramas, i.e. "Kyouhu no 24-jikan" and "Aikotoba wa Yuki". |
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| Updated on January 15, 2008 |
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| Koji Yakusho as lawyer, Arakawa Click the picture for enlargement. |
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| (If you can't get the review, please click here.) |