Hana and Alice (2004) (Japanese)

May 21, 2007 · Posted in Drama, Family, Japanese Movies

Hana & Alice is a delicate comedy about two childhood friends who fall for the same guy. Secretly following Miyamoto (Tomohiro Kaku) after school one day, Hana (Anne Suzuki) sees him inadvertently run into a wall, and then collapse senseless on the ground. When he awakens, she convinces him that the bump on the head has given him amnesia, and that she is his girlfriend. In order to keep the fiction alive, Hana is forced to tell Miyamoto more lies, one of which leads to his falling for her best friend Alice (Yu Aoi). Caught between love and friendship, the girls’ relationship takes on a new tone as the two find themselves maturing into young adults.

Directed: Shunji Iwai (All About Lily Chou-Chou, April Story)
Genre: Drama
Cast: Yu Aoi (Honey & Clover Live-Action, All About Lily Chou-Chou), Anne Suzuki (Returner, Initial D), Tomohiro Kaku (All About Lily Chou-Chou)
Runtime: 135mins.
Also Known As: Hana to Arisu
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (.srt file)
IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407851/