Nabbie's Love (1999)
December 4, 1999Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Naomi Nishida
Nanako Agarikinjo
Jun Murakami
Fukunosuke
Tomi Taira
Nabbie Agarikinjo
Reiko Kaneshima
Reiko Ôhama
Rinshô Kadekaru
Family Master
Misako Ôshiro
Master's wife
Rinji Kadekaru
Master's son
Ashley MacIsaac
Shinei Nakamine
Relative of Nanako
Seijin Noborikawa
Keitatsu Agarikinjo
Masahiro Shimanuki
Susumu Taira
Sanrâ
Shinichi Tsuwa
Kenji
Satoe Uza
Nabbie (young)
Yûkichi Yamasato
Abujâmâ Otoko
Taeko Yoshida
Shaman Tsuru
Morikuni Ôta
Sun Ra (young)
Kenichiro Isoda
Islander band, big drum / Music
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
Motoko Nakae
Writer
Etsuka Ôno
Hair Setup
Makio Ika
Sound Recordist
Yuji Nakae
Director / Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 4, 1999
Original Nameナビィの恋
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Genres
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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.