Touch (2005)
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| Original title | タ ッ チtatchi |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 116 minutes |
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| Director | Isshin Inudō |
| script | Yukiko Yamamuro |
| production | Kazunari Nakayama |
| music | Suguru Matsutani |
| camera | Takahiro Tutai |
| cut | Shinichi Fushima |
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Touch ( jap.タ ッ チtatchi ) is a Japanese feature film from 2005 based on the manga series of the same name by Mitsuru Adachi . The drama was directed by Isshin Inudō and the script was written by Yukiko Yamamuro . The main roles played Masami Nagasawa , Shōta Saitō and Keita Saitō .
action
The twin brothers Tatsuya and Kazuya Uesugi have been friends with their neighbor Minami Asakura since early childhood. The three of them pass their time with baseball , for example, or spend it in the small house that the two families built for the three children. When Minami's mother dies, she demands that the brothers promise that they will one day take part in the Kōshien , an annual competition among the best high schools in Japan in baseball.
A few years later, Minami, Tatsuya, and Kazuya go to Meisei High School. While Kazuya is popular with the girls, a highly respected baseball talent, and always polite and correct, Tatsuya is messy and actually has no hobby. Minami is the manager of the baseball club, at the same time she is in the rhythmic gymnastics club and still gets on well with the two brothers whom she calls "Tacchan" and "Kacchan".
Tatsuya joins the boxing club. A Tatsuya's boxing match and a major Kazuya's baseball game take place at the same time. Minami watches the baseball game that Meisei High School wins with Kazuya's engagement. Koshien seems near for Kazuya. Tatsuya loses his fight. When Minami tries in vain to cheer him up, Tatsuya wants to be kissed by her. She gives him a kiss. When he later confronts her about the kiss, Kazuya accidentally overhears the conversation. There is a kind of competition between the brothers for Minami.
One evening, Kazuya, Tatsuya and Minami play baseball together, like in happy childhood. The next day, Kazuya sets out because the game for entry to the Kōshien is taking place. On the way he saves a child from a car and dies in the process. The Meisei loses against the Sumi high school. The family visits Kazuya's corpse, which is hidden under a linen sheet. Minami takes off the linen cloth and looks the dead man in the face.
Tatsuya joins the baseball club and is criticized for trying to replace Kazuya. The criticism fades with Minami's help. But Tatsuya gives up when he realizes during a game that he could never reach Kazuya. Even when Minami confesses her love for him in the rain and begs him crying that he should fulfill her childhood dream of participating in kōshien, he does not want to start playing baseball again. Minami quits her job as the manager of the baseball club and only rejoins the baseball club after talking to Harada, a dreaded bat guy with whom Tatsuya is friends.
Tatsuya impresses at the game against the Sumi High School, which is about participating in the Koshien. Meisei wins. Tatsuya confesses his love to Minami.
History of origin
The plot was moved from the 1980s to the 2000s. Cell phones can be seen in the film, for example. In the manga Tatsuya was also the main character, in the film the focus was more on the role of Minami. For example, Minami's mother is not mentioned in the manga series. Some subplots and characters have also been cut out in the film in order to streamline the plot.
The theme song "Yorokobi no Tane" (歓 び の 種, translated as "A kind of joy") sang Yuki Isoya , while the Korean J-Pop singer Younha created the credits with a song.
reception
The film was released in Japanese cinemas on September 10, 2005, grossing 1.2 billion yen (approximately eight million euros ), making it one of the 25 most successful domestic films in Japanese cinemas in 2005. He was featured in the list of the weekly most successful films in Japanese cinemas for six weeks.
Awards
Isshin Inudō won the Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director for Touch and another film from the same year he directed Mezon do Himiko .
Remarks
- Tatsuya reads in the film Short Program , a series of short stories by the illustrator of the manga, Mitsuru Adachi. Such allusions are common in the manga series and in most of the author's other works.
Web links
- Touch in the Internet Movie Database (English)