A trailer is now out for Ichiro Kita‘s upcoming film Hoshizuna no Shima no Chiisana Tenshi: Mermaid Smile. Kita himself is originally from Tokyo, but since forming his own film company in 1996, he’s tended to make movies about surfing or the sea in general; usually with exceedingly happy circumstances and impossibly long titles.
His latest work is set on Taketomi Island in Okinawa during an economic downturn. In spite of the beautiful sea and landscape, lack of recent tourism business has led to financial problems and a shortage of doctors on the island. One day while scouting sightseeing locations to boost tourism, Koichi (Masashi Mikami) and his younger brother Shunichi (Tetsuya Makita) discover a girl (Riho Iida) collapsed on the beach. She takes a job at their parents’ inn where her hard work and mysterious ability to heal the sick gain her a reputation throughout the island, eventually...
His latest work is set on Taketomi Island in Okinawa during an economic downturn. In spite of the beautiful sea and landscape, lack of recent tourism business has led to financial problems and a shortage of doctors on the island. One day while scouting sightseeing locations to boost tourism, Koichi (Masashi Mikami) and his younger brother Shunichi (Tetsuya Makita) discover a girl (Riho Iida) collapsed on the beach. She takes a job at their parents’ inn where her hard work and mysterious ability to heal the sick gain her a reputation throughout the island, eventually...
- 5/23/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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