Orange (2015 film)
Orange | |
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Japanese name | |
Kanji | オレンジ |
Directed by | Kōjirō Hashimoto Hiroyuki Igoshi (Assistant) |
Screenplay by | Arisa Kaneko |
Based on | Orange by Ichigo Takano |
Produced by | Minami Ichikawa |
Starring | Tao Tsuchiya Kento Yamazaki |
Cinematography | Atsuhiro Nabeshima |
Edited by | Ryūichi Takita |
Music by | Otomo Yoshihide |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Toho[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥3.25 billion ($29.87 million)[2][3] |
Orange (オレンジ, Orenji) is a 2015 Japanese
Plot
In 2015, Naho Takamiya (Tao Tsuchiya), a 16-year-old girl about to start her second year of high school in Matsumoto, abruptly receives letters while on her way to school. The letters are from Naho herself, but ten years into the future. The Naho in the future asks her younger self to prevent her "biggest regret" from happening. Though initially skeptical, Naho eventually begins to read the letters as they predict some of the events that would happen in her time, the foremost being the enrollment of Kakeru Naruse (Kento Yamazaki), a transfer student from Tokyo, to her class. Kakeru is quickly befriended by Naho and her friends: Hiroto Suwa (Ryo Ryusei), Takako Chino (Hirona Yamazaki), Saku Hagita (Dori Sakurada), and Azusa Murasaka (Kurumi Shimizu).
Through the letters, Naho learns that something bad will happen to Kakeru. She decides to do the opposite of the events detailed in the letters in hopes of averting it. She encourages Kakeru to join the
Back in 2015, Naho and Kakeru pay a visit to a shrine during the
Several weeks before the New Year, the time when Kakeru would commit suicide (according to her future self), Naho gets into a conflict with Kakeru about his grandmother's health, and the two become distant. A day before December 31, though, Naho confesses her feelings for Kakeru, wherein the latter reveals his plans for suicide. At home, Kakeru finds a pre-recorded video of his mother and learns that she committed suicide because she did not want to burden him any further and that she wished that he would find happiness elsewhere. On New Year's Eve, realizing that Kakeru does not come on time, the five friends frantically search for him through the streets of Minamoto. They finally find him almost getting hit by a truck, being saved at the last second by the thoughts of his friends. He subsequently apologizes for his suicide attempt and confesses that he does not want to die knowing that he cannot be with them again.
The film closes with the 2025 Naho, Hiroto, Chino, Hagita, and Azu watching the sunset from a hill nearby, while in the parallel 2015, the same event happens, except that Kakeru is with them.
Cast
- Tao Tsuchiya as Naho Takamiya[4]
- Kento Yamazaki as Kakeru Naruse[4]
- Ryo Ryusei as Hiroto Suwa[4]
- Hirona Yamazaki as Takako Chino[4]
- Dori Sakurada as Saku Hagita[4]
- Kurumi Shimizu as Azusa Murasaka[4]
- Erina Mano as Rio Ueda[4]
- Shingo Tsurumi as Kōji Nakano (中野 幸路, Nakano Kōji)[4]
- Yoko Moriguchi as Miyu Naruse (成瀬 美由, Naruse Miyu)[4]
- Reiko Kusamura as Hatsuno Naruse (成瀬 初乃, Naruse Hatsuno)[4]
Reception
The film was number-one on its opening weekend in Japan with US$2.58 million.[1] It went on to gross ¥3.25 billion ($29.87 million) at the Japanese box office, becoming one of the top ten highest-grossing Japanese films of 2016.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c Schilling, Mark (December 14, 2015). "Japan Box Office: 'Orange' Peels Away From Competition". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ a b "Movies With Box Office Gross Receipts Exceeding 1 Billion Yen". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ a b "映画『orange-オレンジ-』評価は?映画情報や予告動画". ピクシーン Pick Scene 映画の評価ランキングやネタバレ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Orange-オレンジ-". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Orange at IMDb
- Orange at allcinema.net