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｜ NOTES ｜ CAST ｜ STAFF ｜ Director ｜ Data ｜

FURIMUN in Okinawa

Notes

Eisho, who works at a pig farm in Okinawa, is always hanging around with Masaru, who is much older than Eisho, and Hitoshi, spending his time foolishly. One day he falls in love with a new American dancer named “Orange” at first sight at his favorite pool bar. However Max, an American soldier, who also loves Orange makes his approach to her and Eisho begins to compete with him for her attention. They finally decide to have a one-on-one fight for her. Eisho fights for Orange, for his fellows, and for himself. Meanwhile Rimi, a nurse, has been in favor of Eisho. When Eisho finishes fighting with Max, he finally notices something important for him, which affects his state of mind. Gori directs this heart-warming comedy film with all his force for the first time setting its story in Okinawa, which has a rich natural environment. All of the scenes were shot only in Okinawa. Moreover Rimi Natsukawa sings its theme song “Unju no Furusato”, which is written by Gori and composed by Chiharu Tamashiro (from Kiroro). They are all from Okinawa and describe their great nostalgia for Okinawa in this song. Rimi Natsukawa also appears in this film and this is the first appearance in a film for her.

CAST

Eisho（Gori）

Masaru（Masao Teruya）

Hitoshi（Daisuke Moromizato）

Max（Bobby Ologun）

Rimi（AKINA）

Master Kinjo（Tomi Taira）

STAFF

Screenwriter/ Director	Gori
Producer	Yuzuru Uchida, Noriaki Kikui
	Keisuke Konish, Akihiko Yose
Codirector/Screenwriter	Yoshikazu Sugiyama
Director of Photography	Takahiro Imai

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Director

Director	Gori
Profile	Born in Okinawa in 1972. Formed a comedy duo “Garage sale” with his old classmate Hiroki Kawata and appeared mainly on TV variety shows. Developed his extraordinary athletic skills and explosive muscular strength by doing break-dance, which made him well-known as a singer and an actor as well as a comedian. Although he has an experience in directing short films such as “Keiji Boggy” and “Boggy☆the hero”, this is Gori’s first feature film directed by himself. Appeared in the films; “Uta-tama” “GOEMON”.
Message	Koza is a town that is located near the base and gives me a deep impression of coexistence with the U.S. I still have a vivid memory of Gate St. in Koza I saw in my childhood. The life in Koza makes me feel that something new might happen in the town where the small Okinawans and the big American soldiers live together and the sound of shamisen and loud rock delight the ears of the listeners. I thought the story of the people living in Koza would be interesting and made this exciting, thrilling, and amusing film. Enjoy it!

Data

Country	JAPAN
Year	2009
Runtime	97
Copyright	©2009 YOSHIMOTO KOGYO