Begging for Love
Encyclopedia
is a 1998
Japan
ese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama
. It was Japan's submission to the 71st Academy Awards
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.
1998 in film
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Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama
Hideyuki Hirayama
is a Japanese film director. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for The Games Teachers Play in 1992. He was given a Best Director award at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival...
. It was Japan's submission to the 71st Academy Awards
71st Academy Awards
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, Sunday, March 21, 1999, was the last to take place at Los Angeles County Music Center, and was Whoopi Goldberg's third time hosting the Awards. It was the first time the ceremony took place on a Sunday....
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.
Cast
- Mieko Harada: Terue Yamaoka
- Maho NonamiMaho NonamiMaho Nonami is a Japanese actress, best known for her role in the critically acclaimed 2LDK.-Filmography:* 2011 Kaseifu no Mita* 2008 4 Shimai Tantei Dan .... Horie Ryoko...
: Migusa Yamaoka - Fumiyo Kohinata
- Mami KumagaiMami Kumagaiis a Japanese actress.-Family:Kumagai's younger sister is Japanese actress Miyuki Matsuda. Her late brother-in-law was the Japanese-Korean actor Yusaku Matsuda...
- Jun Kunimura: Saburo Wachi
- Naomi NishidaNaomi Nishidais an actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and at the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in Nabbie's Love.She married a Japanese shoe designer in 2005, and gave birth a girl on April 7, 2008...
- Tsuyoshi Ujiki: Takenori Wachi
- Yuji Nakamura
- Moro Morooka
- Kiichi Nakai: Fumio Chin
- Ai Koinuma: Terue Yamaoka, aged 5
See also
- Cinema of JapanCinema of JapanThe has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
- List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film