I Just Didn't Do It

I Just Didn't Do It
I Just Didn't Do It
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Masayuki Suo
Screenplay by	Masayuki Suo
Produced by	Shintaro Horikawa; Yoshino Sasaki; Daisuke Sekiguchi;
Starring	Kōji Yakusho
Cinematography	Naoki Kayano
Edited by	Junichi Kikuchi
Music by	Yoshikazu Suo
Production; companies	Altamira Pictures; Fuji Television Network; Toho;
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	November 2006 (AFM); January 20, 2007 (Japan);
Running time	143 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.11 billion

I Just Didn't Do It (それでもボクはやってない, Soredemo boku wa yattenai) is a 2007 Japanese film directed by

Kōji Yakusho

.

Plot

Based on a true story, the film is the story of a young man charged with groping on a train. Following the events depicted in the film, which end in a conviction and his decision to appeal, in real life his appeal was rejected by supreme court and his sentence to 18 months of prison has been confirmed.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the American Film Market in November 2006 in the United States and distributed by Toho in Japan on January 20, 2007.^[1] It was later shown in New York City on January 11, 2007.^[1]

It was Japan's submission to the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[3] It was chosen as the Best Film at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival.^[4]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 446.
^ "Movies With Box Office Gross Receipts Exceeding 1 Billion Yen". Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
Internet Movie Database
. Retrieved 2009-04-16.

Sources

Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography.
ISBN 978-1461673743
. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

External links

Soredemo boku wa yattenai at
IMDb

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Films directed by Masayuki Suo

Abnormal Family: Older Brother's Bride (1984)

Fancy Dance (1989)

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)

Shall We Dance? (1996)

I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

A Terminal Trust (2012)

Lady Maiko (2014)

Awards

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Hochi Film Award for Best Film

The Inugamis
(1976)

The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)

Third Base (1978)

Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko
(1979)

Kagemusha (1980)

Enrai (1981)

Fall Guy (1982)

The Family Game (1983)

The Funeral (1984)

And Then (1985)

Comic Magazine (1986)

A Taxing Woman (1987)

Tomorrow (1988)

Untamagiru (1989)

Sakura no Sono (1990)

My Sons (1991)

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)

All Under the Moon (1993)

A Dedicated Life (1994)

A Last Note (1995)

Shall We Dance? (1996)

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)

Hana-bi (1998)

Spellbound
(1999)

Face (2000)

Go (2001)

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Doing Time (2003)

Nobody Knows (2004)

Always Sanchōme no Yūhi
(2005)

Hula Girls (2006)

I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

Departures (2008)

The Unbroken (2009)

Villain (2010)

Rebirth (2011)

Key of Life (2012)

The Great Passage (2013)

0.5 mm (2014)

Solomon's Perjury (2015)

Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)

Wilderness (2017)

The Blood of Wolves (2018)

Listen to the Universe
(2019)

The Voice of Sin (2020)

In the Wake (2021)

A Man (2022)

The Moon (2023)

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Mainichi Film Award for Best Film
1946–1960

Aru yo no Tonosama (1946)

Ima Hitotabi no (1947)

Drunken Angel (1948)

Late Spring (1949)

Until We Meet Again (1950)

Repast (1951)

Ikiru (1952)

An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)

Floating Clouds (1955)

Mahiru no ankoku (1956)

The Rice People
(1957)

The Ballad of Narayama (1958)

Kiku to Isamu (1959)

Her Brother (1960)

1961–1980

A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

Harakiri (1962)

High and Low (1963)

Woman in the Dunes (1964)

Red Beard (1965)

Shiroi Kyotō (1966)

Samurai Rebellion (1967)

The Profound Desire of the Gods
(1968)

Double Suicide
(1969)

Where Spring Comes Late (1970)

Silence (1971)

The Long Darkness (1972)

Tsugaru Folk Song (1973)

Castle of Sand (1974)

The Fossil (1975)

Fumō Chitai
(1976)

The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)

The Incident (1978)

Nomugi Pass (1979)

Kagemusha (1980)

1981–2000

Muddy River (1981)

Fall Guy (1982)

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

W's Tragedy (1984)

Ran (1985)

The Sea and Poison (1986)

A Taxing Woman (1987)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Black Rain
(1989)

Childhood Days (1990)

My Sons (1991)

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)

All Under the Moon (1993)

A Dedicated Life (1994)

A Last Note (1995)

Shall We Dance? (1996)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Begging for Love (1998)

Poppoya (1999)

Face (2000)

2001–2020

Spirited Away (2001)

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)

Blood and Bones (2004)

Break Through! (2005)

Sway (2006)

I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

Departures (2008)

The Unbroken (2009)

Villain (2010)

Postcard (2011)

A Terminal Trust (2012)

The Great Passage (2013)

My Man (2014)

Three Stories of Love (2015)

Shin Godzilla (2016)

Hanagatami (2017)

Shoplifters (2018)

Listen to the Universe
(2019)

Mother (2020)

2021–present

Drive My Car (2021)

Small, Slow But Steady (2022)

Okiku and the World (2023)

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e
Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film
1927–1940

Ashi ni sawatta onna (1927)

A Diary of Chuji's Travels (1928)

Jobless Samurai (1929)

Beheading Place (1930)

What Made Her Do It? (1931)

The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1932)

I Was Born, But... (1933)

Passing Fancy (1934)

A Story of Floating Weeds (1935)

Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1936)

Sisters of the Gion (1937)

Limitless Advance (1938)

Five Scouts (1939)

Earth (1940)

1941–1960

Kojima no haru (1941)

The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
(1942)

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay
(1943)

Morning for the Osone Family (1947)

A Ball at the Anjo House
(1948)

Drunken Angel (1949)

Late Spring (1950)

Until We Meet Again (1951)

Early Summer (1952)

Ikiru (1953)

An Inlet of Muddy Water (1954)

Twenty-Four Eyes (1955)

Floating Clouds (1956)

Darkness at Noon (1957)

The Rice People
(1958)

The Ballad of Narayama (1959)

Kiku to Isamu (1960)

1961–1980

Her Brother (1961)

Bad Boys (1962)

Being Two Isn't Easy (1963)

The Insect Woman (1964)

Woman in the Dunes (1965)

Red Beard (1966)

The Great White Tower (1967)

Samurai Rebellion (1968)

The Profound Desire of the Gods
(1969)

Double Suicide
(1970)

Where Spring Comes Late (1971)

The Ceremony (1972)

The Long Darkness (1973)

Tsugaru Folk Song (1974)

Sandakan No. 8 (1975)

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1976)

The Youth Killer
(1977)

The Yellow Handkerchief (1978)

Third Base (1979)

Vengeance Is Mine (1980)

1981–2000

Zigeunerweisen (1981)

Muddy River (1982)

Fall Guy (1983)

The Family Game (1984)

The Funeral (1985)

And Then (1986)

The Sea and Poison (1987)

A Taxing Woman (1988)

My Neighbor Totoro (1989)

Black Rain
(1990)

The Cherry Orchard (1991)

My Sons (1992)

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)

All Under the Moon (1994)

A Dedicated Life (1995)

A Last Note (1996)

Shall We Dance? (1997)

The Eel (1998)

Fireworks (1998)

Wait and See (2000)

2001–present

Face (2001)

Go (2002)

The Twilight Samurai (2003)

A Boy's Summer in 1945
(2004)

Nobody Knows (2005)

Break Through! (2006)

Hula Girls (2007)

I Just Didn't Do It (2008)

Departures (2009)

Dear Doctor (2010)

Villain (2011)

Postcard (2012)

Our Homeland (2013)

Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2014)

The Light Shines Only There (2015)

Three Stories of Love (2016)

In This Corner of the World (2017)

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2018)

Shoplifters (2019)

It Feels So Good (2020)

Wife of a Spy (2021)

Drive My Car (2022)

Small, Slow But Steady (2023)

Okiku and the World (2024)

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Yokohama Film Festival Award for Best Film

Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko
(1980)

Zigeunerweisen (1981)

Something Like It (1982)

Exchange Students (1983)

The Family Game (1984)

Mahjong hōrōki (1985)

Love Hotel (1986)

House of Wedlock (1987)

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1988)

Rock yo shizukani nagareyo (1989)

Dotsuitarunen (1990)

Sakura no Sono (1991)

A Scene at the Sea (1992)

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)

All Under the Moon (1994)

Tokarefu (1995)

Love Letter (1996)

Kids Return (1997)

Onibi (1998)

Cure (1999)

Keiho (2000)

Face (2001)

Go (2002)

Hush! (2003)

Vibrator (2004)

Kamikaze Girls (2005)

Break Through! (2006)

Sway (2008)

I Just Didn't Do It (2008)

Departures (2009)

Dear Doctor (2010)

13 Assassins (2011)

Someday (2012)

The Kirishima Thing (2013)

The Devil's Path (2014)

The Light Shines Only There (2015)

Our Little Sister (2016)

In This Corner of the World (2017)

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2018)

Asako I & II (2019)

It Feels So Good (2020)

Labyrinth of Cinema (2021)

Intolerance (2022)

Love Is Light (2023)

Small, Slow But Steady (2024)

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Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Film

A Chaos of Flowers (1988)

Black Rain (1989)

Childhood Days (1990)

My Sons (1991)

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)

A Class to Remember (1993)

Crest of Betrayal (1994)

Sharaku (1995)

Shall We Dance? (1996)

Aisuru (1997)

Begging for Love (1998)

Poppoya (1999)

15 Sai Gakkō IV (2000)

Spirited Away (2001)

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Like Asura (2003)

Blood and Bones (2004)

Break Through! (2005)

Hula Girls (2006)

I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

Departures (2008)

Dear Doctor (2009)

Villain (2010)

Postcard (2011)

A Terminal Trust (2012)

The Great Passage (2013)

The Eternal Zero (2014)

Solomon's Perjury (2015)

64: Part I - Part II (2016)

Wilderness (2017)

Shoplifters (2018)

The Journalist (2019)

The Voice of Sin (ja) (2020)

Drive My Car (2021)

Anime Supremacy! (2022)

The Moon (2023)

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[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008446-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 446.

[2] "Movies With Box Office Gross Receipts Exceeding 1 Billion Yen". Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

[SubmissionList-3] "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

[4] Internet Movie Database
. Retrieved 2009-04-16.

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Plot

Cast

Release

See also

References

Footnotes

Sources

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