The Magic Hour (2008)
June 7, 2008Release Date
The Magic Hour (2008)
June 7, 2008Release Date


Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Koichi Sato
Taiki Murata

Satoshi Tsumabuki
Bingo

Eri Fukatsu
Mari Takachiho

Haruka Ayase
Natsuko Shikama

Toshiyuki Nishida
Teshio

Yoshimasa Kondo
Konno

Yuki Amami
Woman in Mourning Dress

Kenji Anan
Nojima

Kazuyuki Asano
Dr. Shimizu

Hyōe Enoki
Abesan

Keisuke Horibe
Bambi

Ennosuke Ichikawa
Turtle

Kon Ichikawa
Film Director

Manjiro Ichimura
Sugawara

Teruyuki Kagawa
Jun

Zen Kajihara
Mr. Nishi

Yohei Taneda
ProductionDesigner

Toshiaki Karasawa
Abeshi

Fumiyo Kohinata
Kenjuro Hasegawa

Masahiro Koumoto
Ota

Kiichi Nakai
Toru Iwata

Kyoka Suzuki
Sayoko

Yasufumi Terawaki
Wanchai Bhandarkar

Keiko Toda
Madame Ranko

Shinichi Yanagisawa
Takase Makoto

Susumu Terajima
Hiromi Kurokawa

Shosuke Tanihara
Niko

Koji Yamamoto
Grumbling Man

Gorō Ibuki
Takashi Shikama

Shingo Katori
Tadano Kenji

Tatsuhito Okuda
Doctor

Takaya Sakoda
Assistant Director
Media.






Details.
Release DateJune 7, 2008
Original Nameザ・マジックアワー
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 16m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Magic Hour (ザ・マジックアワー) is a 2008 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Kōki Mitani.
This is the fourth film by director Koki Mitani, following The Uchōten Hotel. Set in the fictional port town of Sukago, the film depicts the slapstick that ensues when an unsuccessful actor is turned into a "legendary hit man" by the boss of the town who has his hands on his mistress. A big movie fan, Mitani's comedy is littered with homages to famous scenes from Hollywood classics and Japanese masterpieces. As an example of homage, Eri Fukatsu sings on the crescent moon in the play, which is Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, and the song is I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, which Sean Penn sang to Samantha Morton.
According to photography experts, "the golden hour, sometimes called the 'magic hour', is roughly the first hour of light after sunrise, and the last hour of light before sunset, although the exact duration varies between seasons. During these times the sun is low in the sky, producing a soft, diffused light which is much more flattering than the harsh midday sun."
In photography and cinematography, the magic hour is only a moment and the most beautiful time of the day, when afterglow of a sunset lights up around. By extension in this film, it means "the most glittering years of everyone's life".
A Chinese remake, Too Cool to Kill, was released in 2022.
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