Yanagawa
Promotional poster
Directed by	Zhang Lü
Screenplay by	Zhang Lü
Produced by	Nai An Cao Liuying Cao Deng Cilin
Starring	Ni Ni Zhang Luyi Xin Baiqing
Cinematography	Park Jung-hoon
Edited by	Sun Yixin Liu Xinzhu
Music by	Xiao He
Production companies	Midnight Blur Hishow Entertainment
Distributed by	Hishow Entertainment Foggy (Japan) Iha Films (Japan)
Release dates	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12) (Pingyao International Film Festival) August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12) (China)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	China
Languages	Chinese Japanese English

Yanagawa (Chinese: 漫长的告白) is a 2021 Chinese romantic drama film written and directed by Korean-Chinese filmmaker Zhang Lü and stars Ni Ni, Zhang Luyi and Xin Baiqing. It was screened as opening film of Pingyao International Film Festival^[1] and invited for "ICONS" section at the 26th Busan International Film Festival on October 12, 2021.^[2] The film won the highest award Golden Cyclo at the 28th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema.^[3][4][5] It had been a theatrical release in China on August 12, 2022.^[6]

Plot

Li Dong (Zhang Luyi) in his youth had once admired a woman named A Chuan (Ni Ni), but one day A Chuan's sudden disappearance became a knot in his heart that he could not solve for more than ten years. In order to resolve their thoughts, Li Dong and his brother Li Chun (Xin Baiqing) went to Liu Chuan, who has the same name as A Chuan, just to see her again. As they met again, the truth of many past stories surfaced, and Li Dong also knew the real reason for A Chuan's departure back then, but his deep love for A Chuan was in this affectionate confession of going to "her" hometown intensifying...

Cast

• Ni Ni as A Chuan
• Zhang Luyi as Li Dong
• Xin Baiqing as Li Chun
• Sosuke Ikematsu as Daiki Nakayama
• Ryoko Nakano as Bar proprietress (an old woman in Yanagawa)
• Ninon as Nakayama's daughter
• Wang Jiajia as Li Chun's wife
• Nai An as a smoking woman
• Mao Le as a Japanese grocery store owner
• Xiao He
• Lee Jun-dong

Awards and nominations