Nabbie's Love (1999)
December 4, 1999Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Naomi Nishida
Agarikinjo, Nanako
Jun Murakami
Fukunosuke
Tomi Taira
Agarikinjo, Nabbie
Rinshô Kadekaru
Family Master
Reiko Kaneshima
Ôhama, Reiko
Yuji Nakae
Director
Misako Ôshiro
Master's wife
Rinji Kadekaru
Master's son
Motoko Nakae
Writer
Hiroshi Ishiya
Producer
Kenichiro Isoda
Composer
Shinei Nakamine
Relative of Nanako
Seijin Noborikawa
Keitatsu Agarikinjo
Michael Nyman
Composer
Kenji Takama
Cinematographer
Susumu Taira
Sanrâ
Shinichi Tsuwa
Kenji
Satoe Uza
Nabbie (young)
Yûkichi Yamasato
Abujâmâ Otoko
Taeko Yoshida
Shaman Tsuru
Morikuni Ôta
Sun Ra (young)
Jun Nagao
Islander band, organ
Masashi Oshiro
Islander band, sax
Yukichi Yamazato
Abu jama man
Tsukasa Shinjo
Children
Serina Shinjo
Children
Arisa Shinjo
Children
Yuka Miyazato
Children
Yumi Miyazato
Children
Shun Takara
Children
Shuichiro Hirata
Children
Ryuji Miyajima
Editor
Media.
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Wiki.
Nabbie's Love (ナビィの恋, Nabi no koi) is a 1999 film written and directed by Yuji Nakae about Nanako Agarikinjo (Naomi Nishida) returning to Aguni Island (Okinawa) to visit her grandmother, Nabbie Agarikinjo, played by Tomi Taira.
The film score is by Kenichiro Isoda, with two tracks by Michael Nyman, working separately. The film tied with Rituparno Ghosh's Bariwali for the Netpac Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Director Nakae won Best Director at the Japanese Professional Movie Awards, which also presented a Special Award to producer Shirō Sasaki. Naomi Nishida won the Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role of Nanako. Isoda won Best Film Score at Mainichi Film Concours. Nishida also won Best Supporting Actress at the Yokohama Film Festival, and Jun Murakami (as Fukunosuke, as well as for roles in two other films) tied for Best Supporting actor with Teruyuki Kagawa.