Hideki TAKEUCHI 武内英樹
Cells At Work!
はたらく細胞
Nippon Cinema ª
Red and white blood cells work tirelessly in the bloodstreams of Niko and her father. When Niko falls ill, they sound the alarm to protect her body. Director Hideki TAKEUCHI returns with one of the year’s biggest Japanese cinema hits, taking the audience on a fantastic journey into our innermost being in this candy-colored manga adaptation.
はたらく細胞
Hataraku saibo
Japan 2024
109 minutes
Director
Hideki TAKEUCHI
Script
Yuichi TOKUNAGA based on a manga by Akane SHIMIZU
Cinematography
Sohei TANIKAWA
World sales
Kino Films
Cast
Mei NAGANO, Takeru SATO, Mana ASHIDA, Sadao ABE, Koji YAMAMOTO
About Hideki TAKEUCHI
武内英樹
Hideki TAKEUCHI was born in 1966 and studied at Waseda University. Afterwards, he began working for Fuji TV in 1990 and directed numerous successful TV dramas. His theatrical breakthrough came in 2012 with THERMAE ROMAE (NC ‘13). FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA (2019 / NIPPON CINEMA AWARD 2019) and CELLS AT WORK! (2024 / NC ‘25) brought him further box office success.