Paco and the Magical Book
Film Poster
Kanjiパコと魔法の絵本　
Revised HepburnPako to Mahō no Ehon
Directed byTetsuya Nakashima
Written byHirohito Goto original play, Nobuhiro Monma, Tetsuya Nakashima screenplay
Produced byYutaka Suzuki
StarringKōji Yakusho, Ayaka Wilson, Satoshi Tsumabuki
CinematographyShoichi Ato, Atsushi Ozawa
Edited byYoshiyuki Koike
Music byGabriele Roberto
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$22,679,633[1]

Paco and the Magical (Picture) Book (パコと魔法の絵本, Pako to Mahō no Ehon) is a 2008 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on a play by Hirohito Gotō.

It was shown at the Munich Asian Filmfest in 2008[2] and has been nominated for three awards for the 2009 Asian Film Awards.[3] Actors Kōji Yakusho and Ayaka Wilson and director Tetsuya Nakashima have been nominated for the 2008 Japanese Academy Award.[4]

Synopsis

The movie is set in a hospital where "strange" people are sent.

One of the older, gruffer patients, is Onuki, a business owner who is sent to the hospital after a heart attack, thinks little of the other hospital patients, and hopes to die without being remembered by such "worthless" people. Another patient, a young girl named Paco, is in the hospital due to a memory disorder- she can only remember the events of one day at a time. Each day she reads a pop-up children's book, and often asks Onuki to read to her. Each day it is a new story for her.

Eventually, the two of them develop a friendship, and Onuki decides to enlist the help of the other people in the hospital to perform a play of the book, hoping it will help Paco.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Paco and the Magical Picture Book". Boxofficemojo. Retrieved March 04, 2012.
  2. ^ "Asia Filmfest 2009 | Munich, Oct. 29 - Nov. 8 | Berlin, Nov. 13 - 15, 2009". Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  3. ^ https://us.imdb.com/title/tt1056435/awards[user-generated source]
  4. ^ "日本アカデミー賞公式サイト". Archived from the original on 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2009-02-10.

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Films directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
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