One Million Yen Girl (2008)
July 19, 2008Release Date
One Million Yen Girl (2008)
July 19, 2008Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Yu Aoi
Suzuko Satô
Mirai Moriyama
Ryôhei Nakajima
Terunosuke Takezai
Yuuki
Ryusei Saito
Takuya Satô
Sumie Sasaki
Fujii Kinu
Takashi Sasano
Siraishi
Keisuke Horibe
Store manager
Pierre Taki
Haruo Fujii
Kami Hiraiwa
Riko
Tomohisa Yuge
Takeshi Hamada
Midoriko Kimura
Suzuko & Takuya's mother
Ken'ichi Yajima
Suzuko & Takuya's father
Tarō Ishida
Mr. Ueda
Ayumu Saito
Restaurant owner
Saya Yūki
Tomoyo Miyamoto
Noriko Eguchi
Takuya's teacher
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One Million Yen Girl (百万円と苦虫女, Hyakuman-en to nigamushi onna) is a 2008 Japanese drama film written and directed by Yuki Tanada. The film is a variation on seishun-eiga and family drama that tells the story from a woman's perspective. The troubled 21-year-old female protagonist named Suzuko Sato (Yū Aoi) sets out on a journey to escape troubles and lives on her own terms by saving up one million Yen each time, but ultimately finds that grass is always greener on the other side.
In Japanese films, it is unusual for the girls to take initiative, however, One Million Yen Girl was able to subversively redefine this narrative. This is one of the most popular films by Yuki Tanada that incorporates feminism and aims toward redefining the gender role and space for woman in the film industry. With a middle ground budget and some promotions, this film has comfortably found success and won awards.