Secret (1999-Japanese)

Aka: Himitsu
Director: Takita Yojiro
Release date: September 25, 1999
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Starring:
Ryoko Hirosue - Monami Sugita / Naoko Sugita
Kaoru Kobayashi - Heisuke Sugita
Ken Kaneko - Fumio Kajikawa
Yuriko Ishida - Taeko Hashimoto
Hideaki Ito - Haruki Soma

Synopsis:
Yojiro Takita directs this witty, understated comedy about the clash between generations and the different facets of love. Naoko (Kayoko Kishimoto) and her 17-year-old daughter Monami are hospitalized after their bus plunges off the edge of a cliff. Just as Naoko is about to die, she manages to transfer her soul to her daughter's body so as not to be separated from her husband Heisuke (Kaoru Kobayashi).
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Awards:
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival:
Best Actress: Ryoko Hirosue
Best Screenplay: Hiroshi Saitô

*The 2007 film "The Secret" is based on this Japanese film.

*Director Takita Yojiro's film Departures won Best Foreign Language Film of the Year at the 2008 Academy Awards, USA.

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