The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Genres
Overview
Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as it seems on the surface. Not with characters around like Shimeko, a girl genius with a childlike lack of propriety, and her ace fisherman/folk-singer dad. Or the overbearing and unpleasant local Shinto priest, a former Christian cultist. Or Endo, Kazuya's new colleague, a bitter drunk after his son's suicide. Or Kin, a former terrorist, now a hermit on his boat engaging in secret "research." Or perhaps most importantly Teruko, the hypnotically beautiful bar owner, the focus of all manner of innuendo and intrigue. Something mysterious, even mystical, is going on Kaname, and hapless Kazuya is about to be thrown into the middle of it.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
160 min
Release Date
2008-05-24
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
8
Vote Average
6.1
Tomorowo Taguchi
Kazuya Mizuno
Sarara Tsukifune
Teruko Hinohara
Haruki Ichikawa
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Shunsuke Matsuoka
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Michié
Shineko
Ayumu Saito
Kenji Onizuka
Noriko Eguchi
Teresa
Akira Emoto
Journalist
Kan Mikami
Gonza
Ryo Ishibashi
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