Suteki Na Kanashibari [2011]

Suteki Na Kanashibari

Once In A Blue Moon

Movie: A Ghost of a Chance (International English title) / Once in a Blue Moon (Japanese English title)
Romaji: Suteki na Kanashibari
Japanese: ステキな金縛り
Director: Koki Mitani
Writer: Koki Mitani
Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Yoshinari Shimatani, Kuga Maeda, Ken Tsuchiya
Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto
Release Date: October 29, 2011
Runtime: 142 min.
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

 Plot 

Emi Hosho (Eri Fukatsu), a not so successful lawyer, is assigned to the one of the most unusual of cases. Her client is accused of murdering his wealthy wife and he his alibi is that he was staying at an inn while suffering from "kanashibar" (sleep paralysis). The only witness able to corroborate his alibi is the 500-year-old ghost of the Sengoku period military commander Rokubei Sarashina (Toshiyuki Nishida) - who sat on the accused's chest all night long.

 Attorney Emi Hosho travels to the inn to investigate further. Emi Hosho also falls into "kanashibar" and soon discovers the 500-year-ghost sitting on her chest. Knowing that the ghost is the only witness who can support her client's alibi, she grabs his hand and pleads with him to testify in court .... 

Cast

Eri Fukatsu - Emi Hosho (attorney)
Toshiyuki Nishida - Rokubei Sarashina (witness)
Hiroshi Abe - Hayami (attorney)
Kiichi Nakai - Osano (prosecutor)
KAN - Goro Yabe (Suzuko's husband)
Yuko Takeuchi - Suzuko Yabe (art buyer)
Yuko Takeuchi - Fuko Hino (company president)
Koji Yamamoto - Tutomu Hino (Suzuko's lover)
Tadanobu Asano - Kenichi Kido (historian)
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi - Teruo Hoshou (Emi's father)
Fumiyo Kohinata - Jouji Danda
Kazuyuki Asano - Inose (owner of inn)
Keiko Toda - Inose (owner of inn)
Koichi Sato - Hiroki Murata (unpopular actor)
Masachika Ichimura - Tsukutsuku Abe (fortuneteller)
Takashi Kobayashi - Hitoshi Kan (judge)
Takayuki Kinoshita - Makio Kudou (Emi's lover)
Katsuhisa Namase - Kaoru Urabe (taxi driver)
Kyoko Fukada - Guma Maeda (waitress)
Ryoko Shinohara - screaming woman (call girl)
Sen Yamamoto - Tamaru Himura (court painter)
Zen Kajihara - Iseya (truck driver)
Kenji Anan - Nojima
Yoshimasa Kondo - psychic researcher
Toshiaki Karasawa - doctor
Kazuyuki Aijima - Urushihara
Yo Oizumi - attorney
Kenji Uchikura

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