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Hush!
Directed by	Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Written by	Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Produced by	Tetsujiro Yamagami
Starring	Seiichi Tanabe Kazuya Takahashi Reiko Kataoka
Cinematography	Shogo Ueno
Edited by	Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Music by	Bobby McFerrin
Distributed by	Siglo
Release dates	May 2001 (2001-05) (Cannes Film Festival) April 27, 2002 (2002-04-27) (Japan)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Hush! (Japanese: ハッシュ!) is a Japanese film directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi, starring Seiichi Tanabe, Kazuya Takahashi and Reiko Kataoka, released in 2001.

The theme song is "Hush Little Baby" from the album Hush performed by Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma.

Cast

Actor	Role
Seiichi Tanabe	Katsuhiro Kurita
Kazuya Takahashi	Naoya Hase
Reiko Kataoka	Asako Fujikura
Tsugumi	Emi Nagata
Manami Fuji	Katsumi Hase, Naoya's mother
Yoko Akino	Yoko Kurita, Katsuhiro's sister-in-law
Ken Mitsuishi	Shoji Kurita, Katsuhiro's brother
Minori Terada	Mr. Fujikura, Asako's father
Tetsu Sawaki	Makoto
Yôsuke Saitô [ja]	Aritomo
Kanako Fukaura	Tadokoro
Satoshi Yamanaka	Yūji
Ryō Iwamatsu	Gynecologist
Yasushi Inoue	Mayama
Hiroshi Anan	Chief
Ryo Kase	Soba-ya Cashier

Awards

2002 – Hochi Film Awards: Best Actor (Seiichi Tanabe)
2002 – Kinema Junpo Awards: Best Actress (Reiko Kataoka)
2003 – Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Actress (Reiko Kataoka)
2003 – Yokohama Film Festival: Best Film, Best Director (Ryosuke Hashiguchi), Best Actor (Seiichi Tanabe)^[1]

References

External links

Films directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi

Awards for Hush!

Awards for Hush!

v t e Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film
1976-1980	Seishun no Satsujinsha (1976) Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976) Brother and Sister (1976) The Life of Chikuzan (1977) Mount Hakkoda (1977) Ballad of Orin (1977) Nemu no Ki no Uta ga Kikoeru (1977) Third Base (1978) Empire of Passion (1978) The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (1978) Kaerazaru hibi (1978) Shōdō Satsujin Musuko Yo (1979) The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979) Vengeance Is Mine (1979 No More Easy Life (1979) Zigeunerweisen (1980) A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) The Battle of Port Arthur (1980) Virus (1980)
1981-1990	Station (1981) Willful Murder (1981) Kofuku (1981) Enrai (1981) Suspicion (1982) Tōno Monogatari (1982) Farewell to the Land (1982) The Go Masters (1982) The Family Game (1983) The Makioka Sisters (1983) International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1983) The Ballad of Narayama (1983) The Funeral (1984) MacArthur's Children (1984) Mahjong hōrōki (1984) Ohan (1984) Sorekara (1985) Typhoon Club (1985) Fire Festival (1985) The Burmese Harp (1985) Uhohho Tankentai (1986) House on Fire (1986) Final Take (1986) A Promise (1986) Itazu Kuma (1987) Eiga Joyū (1987) Tora-san Goes North (1987) The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987) The Discarnates (1988) Kimurake no Hitobito (1988) Tomorrow (1988) The Silk Road (1988) Shaso (1989) Death of a Tea Master (1989) Dotsuitarunen (1989) Rikyu (1989) The Cherry Orchard (1990) Dreams (1990) The Sting of Death (1990) Shiroi Te (1990)
1991–2000	Rainbow Kids (1991) Rhapsody in August (1991) A Scene at the Sea (1991) Munō no Hito (1991) Seishun Dendeke Dekedeke (1992) The River with No Bridge (1992) Original Sin (1992) Tōki Rakujitsu (1992) Moving (1993) A Class to Remember (1993) Byōin de Shinu to Iukoto (1993) We Are Not Alone (1993) Ghost Pub (1994) 119 (1994) Crest of Betrayal (1994) Natsu no Niwa Friend (1994) Bō no Kanashimi (1994) Kura (1995) Sharaku (1995) Deep River (1995) Love Letter (1995) Village of Dreams(1996) A Class to Remember 2 (1996) Kids Return (1996) Sleeping Man (1996) The Eel (1997) Yūkai (1997) Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) A Class to Remember 3 (1998) Dr. Akagi (1998) Give It All (1998) Hana-bi (1998) Kikujiro (1999) Jubaku: Spellbound (1999) Keiho (1999) M/Other (1999) After the Rain (2000) Gohatto (2000) A lass to Remember 4 (2000) Nabbie's Love (2000)
2001–2010	Waterboys (2001) Go (2001) Nihon no Kuroi Natsu: Enzai (2001) Battle Royale (2001) The Firefly (2001) Out (2002) Amidadō Dayori (2002) KT (2002) Hush! (2002) Like Asura (2003) Zatoichi (2003) Spy Sorge (2003) Doppelganger (2003) Nobody Knows (2004) Princess Raccoon (2005) Hula Girls (2006) A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007) All Around Us (2008) Mt. Tsurugidake (2009) Haru's Journey (2010)
2011–2020	Saudade (2011) The Kirishima Thing (2012) Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013) The Light Shines Only There (2014) Journey to the Shore (2015) In This Corner of the World (2016) Wilderness (2017) The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018) The Journalist (2019) Underdog (2020)
2021–present	Under the Open Sky (2021) No Place to Go (2022) Shadow of Fire (2023)

Yokohama Film Festival Award for Best Film

Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1980)
Zigeunerweisen (1981)
Something Like It (1982)
Exchange Students (1983)
The Family Game (1984)
Mahjong hōrōki (1985)
Love Hotel (1986)
House of Wedlock (1987)
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1988)
Rock yo shizukani nagareyo (1989)
Dotsuitarunen (1990)
Sakura no Sono (1991)
A Scene at the Sea (1992)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)
All Under the Moon (1994)
Tokarefu (1995)
Love Letter (1996)
Kids Return (1997)
Onibi (1998)
Cure (1999)
Keiho (2000)
Face (2001)
Go (2002)
Hush! (2003)
Vibrator (2004)
Kamikaze Girls (2005)
Break Through! (2006)
Sway (2008)
I Just Didn't Do It (2008)
Departures (2009)
Dear Doctor (2010)
13 Assassins (2011)
Someday (2012)
The Kirishima Thing (2013)
The Devil's Path (2014)
The Light Shines Only There (2015)
Our Little Sister (2016)
In This Corner of the World (2017)
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2018)
Asako I & II (2019)
It Feels So Good (2020)
Labyrinth of Cinema (2021)
Intolerance (2022)
Love Is Light (2023)
Small, Slow But Steady (2024)