Southbound | |
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Directed by | Yoshimitsu Morita |
Written by | Yoshimitsu Morita |
Produced by | Tsuguhiko Kadokawa |
Starring | Etsushi Toyokawa Yūki Amami |
Cinematography | Yukihiro Okimura |
Edited by | Shinji Tanaka |
Music by | Michiru Ōshima |
Distributed by | Kadokawa Pictures |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Southbound (サウスバウンド, Sausubaundo) is a 2007 Japanese movie directed by Yoshimitsu Morita and starring Toyokawa Etsushi and Yūki Amami. Based on the novel of the same name by Hideo Okuda, it tells the story of a schoolboy whose family moves from Tokyo to Okinawa.[1]
It began filming in May 2007 in Tokyo; the crew went to Okinawa for on-location filming at the end of June.[2][3] Its theme song is "Eien no Uta" by Nakashima Mika.[4]